What works in Guatemala
8 evaluated practices · All catalogues
Evidence snapshot for Guatemala
Guatemala has deployed multiple evidence-backed interventions across digital inclusion, education, revenue administration, and forest conservation. Digital Community Centers have reached 4,000+ Mayan women with significant digital-literacy skill gains, while an early-warning system reduced school dropout by 4% (9% among compliant schools) at under US$3 per student across a 4,000-school trial. RITA, the tax authority's AI assistant, served over 1.1 million queries in a single quarter of 2023 with 92.35% user satisfaction, and forest incentive programmes have enrolled nearly 600,000 hectares, with PINFOR sites achieving 8.3% greater forest cover than matched controls. The evidence, however, does not quantify broader national-level outcomes or compare Guatemala's performance to other Central American countries.
Drawn from: Digital Community Centers (DCCs) – New Sun Road, Huehuetenango · 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) · FUNCAGUA — Guatemala City's Legally Established Water Fund · zeroCARBON Community Agroforestry Programme (Petén, Guatemala)
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +0.67
Evidence of impact / measured public value +0.402
Evidence of learning impact +0.34
Scalability & sustainability +0.311
Documented learning +0.276
Demonstrated reach +0.265
Curator validation +0.25
Fire resilience — risk reduction, evidenced +0.234
Effectiveness +0.189
Sustainability +0.186
Innovation level +0.144
Equity & inclusion +0.11
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +0.098
Transparency, ethics & data protection +0.083
Weaknesses
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced -0.132
Teacher capability & pedagogy -0.147
Transparency, fairness & accountability -0.214
Transferability / replicability -0.271
Efficiency -0.517
Impact on gender equality -0.827
Evaluated outcomes -0.837
Top good practices here
Digital Community Centers (DCCs) – New Sun Road, Huehuetenango · 96
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
FUNCAGUA — Guatemala City's Legally Established Water Fund · 47
zeroCARBON Community Agroforestry Programme (Petén, Guatemala) · 40
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