What works in Guatemala
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Quality scores are 0–100 rubric scores; “strong evidence” reflects study design; adoptions count documented replications elsewhere. Know more
Evidence snapshot for Guatemala
The evidence demonstrates several successful interventions across rural and urban Guatemala. [safe+natal]'s smartphone app increased high-risk pregnancy referral rates from 20 to 33 per 100 births among traditional midwives, now reaching ~800 births annually across 40 midwife partners, while [Abriendo Oportunidades]' mentorship network has reached over 25,000 Indigenous girls, with 72% of participants remaining in school by age 16–17 compared to 29% nationally. [Digital Community Centers] in Huehuetenango have reached 4,000+ Mayan women with significant digital-literacy skill gains (p<0.001), and [Barrio Mío]'s disaster-risk-reduction model directly served 3,600+ households in Mixco before being replicated by the municipal government in 15 additional communities. However, the practices focus on specific populations and geographies; they do not provide comprehensive or representative coverage of outcomes across Guatemala as a whole.
Drawn from: safe+natal — Comadrona-Designed Smartphone Checklist for Maternal Risk Screening in Rural Guatemala · Digital Community Centers (DCCs) – New Sun Road, Huehuetenango · Abriendo Oportunidades ('Opening Opportunities') — Mentorship Network for Indigenous Girls in Guatemala · Barrio Mío — Guatemala's Pilot-Test-Replicate Model for Disaster-Resilient Neighbourhood Upgrading · CMI Alimentos Digital Coaching — App-Based Training for Guatemala's Casas del Pollo Rey Micro-Franchisees · Guatemala's Scalable Early-Warning System for School Dropout Prevention · RITA — Guatemala's AI Tax and Customs Virtual Assistant · GuateCarbon — Community REDD+ in the Maya Biosphere Reserve (Guatemala)
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +51 pts 100 here · 49 average
Effectiveness +34 pts 100 here · 66 average
Fire resilience — risk reduction, evidenced +28 pts 33 here · 6 average
Curator validation +27 pts 100 here · 73 average
Documented learning +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Demonstrated reach +24 pts 100 here · 76 average
Equity & inclusion +17 pts 67 here · 50 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced +15 pts 42 here · 27 average
Achievement / evidence +13 pts 100 here · 87 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +11 pts 100 here · 89 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +10 pts 58 here · 48 average
Innovation level +9 pts 71 here · 62 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection +9 pts 56 here · 47 average
Weaknesses
Inclusiveness / equity -10 pts 33 here · 43 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration -15 pts 58 here · 74 average
Transferability / replicability -17 pts 43 here · 60 average
Governance, certification & transferability -18 pts 46 here · 64 average
Impact on gender equality -20 pts 50 here · 70 average
Evaluated outcomes -28 pts 50 here · 78 average
Efficiency -32 pts 0 here · 32 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability -45 pts 8 here · 54 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Guatemala. 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
safe+natal — Comadrona-Designed Smartphone Checklist for Maternal Risk Screening in Rural Guatemala · 96
Digital Community Centers (DCCs) – New Sun Road, Huehuetenango · 96
Barrio Mío — Guatemala's Pilot-Test-Replicate Model for Disaster-Resilient Neighbourhood Upgrading · 76
Guatemala's Scalable Early-Warning System for School Dropout Prevention · 67
RITA — Guatemala's AI Tax and Customs Virtual Assistant · 60
GuateCarbon — Community REDD+ in the Maya Biosphere Reserve (Guatemala) · 60
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 Guatemala 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
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
Abolition of Chhaupadi — Ending Menstrual Exile Huts in Nepal's Far- and Mid-Western Districts · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Guyana's One-Third Gender Candidate Quota — Two Decades of Sustained Representation · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Serbia's 40% Electoral Gender Quota — From One-in-Three to Near-Parity Party Lists (2020-2025) · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- 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