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
Guatemala's evidence base spans digital inclusion, disaster resilience, education, tax administration, and environmental conservation. Digital Community Centers have reached 4,000+ Mayan women with significant digital skill gains, while an early-warning system achieved a 4% relative reduction in school dropout across 4,000 schools at under US$3 per student. The Barrio Mío neighbourhood-upgrading model directly benefited 3,600+ households in two Mixco settlements and was subsequently replicated by municipal government in 15 further communities, and RITA, the tax authority's AI assistant, served over 1.1 million queries in a single quarter of 2023 with 92.35% satisfaction. These practices demonstrate scalable interventions in governance, education, infrastructure and livelihoods, though the evidence base does not quantify broader national outcomes or comparative effectiveness across sectors.
Drawn from: Digital Community Centers (DCCs) – New Sun Road, Huehuetenango · Barrio Mío — Guatemala's Pilot-Test-Replicate Model for Disaster-Resilient Neighbourhood Upgrading · 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) · Guatemala PINFOR / PROBOSQUE National Forest Incentives · Guatemala's Defensoría de la Mujer Indígena (DEMI) — State Institution for Indigenous Women's Rights and Services (1999–present) · Ciudad Cayalá — A New Urbanist District Confronting Guatemala City's Sprawl
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +55 pts 100 here · 45 average
Fire resilience — risk reduction, evidenced +26 pts 33 here · 7 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
Effectiveness +23 pts 100 here · 77 average
Equity & inclusion +14 pts 67 here · 52 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced +11 pts 42 here · 31 average
Achievement / evidence +9 pts 100 here · 91 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +9 pts 100 here · 91 average
Governance, certification & transferability +9 pts 73 here · 64 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +8 pts 58 here · 50 average
Weaknesses
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced -9 pts 42 here · 51 average
Inclusiveness / equity -20 pts 22 here · 42 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration -20 pts 56 here · 76 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability -20 pts 33 here · 54 average
Efficiency -44 pts 0 here · 44 average
Impact on gender equality -80 pts 0 here · 80 average
Evaluated outcomes -84 pts 0 here · 84 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
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
Guatemala PINFOR / PROBOSQUE National Forest Incentives · 60
Ciudad Cayalá — A New Urbanist District Confronting Guatemala City's Sprawl · 48
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
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
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
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