What works in Cuba
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Evidence snapshot for Cuba
Cuba has implemented several major policy and institutional reforms in recent years. The 2022 Family Code passed a national referendum with 66.85% support on 74% turnout, establishing shared domestic responsibility between spouses, banning discrimination based on sex and gender identity, and raising the minimum marriage age to 18 for both sexes. The Joven Club network has trained 4.55 million people in digital literacy across 600+ free computer centres since 1987, reaching remote and mountainous regions despite restricted internet access. Cuba's biotechnology sector holds 2,438 patents registered outside the country and sells products in 50+ countries, with recent vaccine technology transfers to four allied nations during COVID-19. Most recently, the Ministry of Education launched a national teacher-training initiative on ethical generative AI use in classrooms, beginning in December 2025.
Drawn from: Cuba's 2022 Family Code (Código de las Familias) · Joven Club de Computación y Electrónica (JCCE) — Cuba's National Digital-Literacy Network · CIGB / BioCubaFarma — Cuba's State Biotechnology Technology-Transfer Engine · IA en el Aula — Cuba's National Teacher Training on Ethical Generative AI Use · Cuba's National Reforestation Programme — Plan Turquino-Manati & State Forest Service · Cuba's Law on the Personal Identity and Address System — A MININT-Run Biometric Registry With No Independent Oversight · Havana's Organopónicos — Urban Farm Cooperatives Supplying Up to 60% of the City's Fresh Produce
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Teacher capability & pedagogy +29 pts 67 here · 37 average
Documented learning +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Curator validation +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Demonstrated reach +24 pts 100 here · 76 average
Impact on gender equality +20 pts 100 here · 80 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection +19 pts 67 here · 48 average
Evaluated outcomes +15 pts 100 here · 85 average
Sustainability +10 pts 89 here · 78 average
Achievement / evidence +9 pts 100 here · 91 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +9 pts 100 here · 91 average
Weaknesses
Scalability & sustainability -8 pts 56 here · 64 average
Evidence of impact / measured results -9 pts 50 here · 59 average
Innovation level -10 pts 53 here · 63 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced -14 pts 17 here · 31 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced -17 pts 33 here · 50 average
Equity & inclusion -19 pts 33 here · 52 average
Governance, certification & transferability -20 pts 44 here · 64 average
Evidence of learning impact -28 pts 0 here · 28 average
Inclusiveness / equity -42 pts 0 here · 42 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration -42 pts 33 here · 76 average
Efficiency -44 pts 0 here · 44 average
Evaluation evidence -45 pts 0 here · 45 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability -54 pts 0 here · 54 average
Effectiveness -77 pts 0 here · 77 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Cuba. Grey bar: peer average across the corpus. Both on a common 0–100 scale.
Points compare this place's average on each dimension with the average across all evaluated places, on a common 0–100 scale. Know more
Top good practices here
Cuba's 2022 Family Code (Código de las Familias) · 74
Joven Club de Computación y Electrónica (JCCE) — Cuba's National Digital-Literacy Network · 68
CIGB / BioCubaFarma — Cuba's State Biotechnology Technology-Transfer Engine · 52
IA en el Aula — Cuba's National Teacher Training on Ethical Generative AI Use · 40
Cuba's National Reforestation Programme — Plan Turquino-Manati & State Forest Service · 40
Havana's Organopónicos — Urban Farm Cooperatives Supplying Up to 60% of the City's Fresh Produce · 27
Each number is the practice's overall 0–100 quality score against its catalogue's rubric. Know more
Cities with evaluated practice
Where the documented practice in Cuba concentrates — each city has its own evidence profile.
Recommended to adopt or replicate
Transferable practices from elsewhere that address this place's gaps.
Ciudad Mujer — El Salvador's Integrated Women's Services Programme · fit 100/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 3 other places
SASA! Community Mobilisation Programme against Intimate Partner Violence — Uganda · fit 100/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 4 other places
Digital Green — Video-Mediated Agricultural Extension · fit 100/100
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Kartu Prakerja – National Digital Skills and Financial Inclusion Programme · fit 100/100
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Rwanda's Land Tenure Regularization Programme — Titling Land in Women's Names · fit 90/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 6 other places
Copenhagen Business Hub (Erhvervshus Hovedstaden) · fit 90/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Stadtidee Aarau — Switzerland's First City-Wide Participatory Budget Using the Method of Equal Shares · fit 90/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Fit estimates how well a practice matches this place, 0 (poor) to 100 (excellent); the list is ordered to favour practices that address this place's gaps. Know more