What works in India
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Evidence snapshot for India
India has implemented major programmes to expand political representation and economic opportunity. India's 73rd Constitutional Amendment reserves one-third of seats in rural Panchayati Raj institutions for women, resulting in over 1.4 million women holding elected local office — the world's largest affirmative representation measure. Digital platforms are expanding access to income and services: Karya's flexible home-based gig work tripled women's job take-up to 48%, while reaching 200,000+ workers, and CGNet Swara's voice-journalism platform resolved 287 grievances across Gondi-speaking communities. Educational technology is also scaling—Read Along's AI reading tutor reached over 7 million students, with 40% more users improving by at least one reading level compared to non-users.
Drawn from: India's 73rd Constitutional Amendment — 33% reservation for women in Panchayati Raj local governance (1992) · Karya — Fair-Wage AI Data-Work Platform Bringing Digital Income to Rural India · Read Along (Bolo) — Google's AI reading tutor for low-literacy children in India · CGNet Swara — Missed-Call Voice Journalism for Illiterate, Gondi-Speaking Communities in Chhattisgarh, India · Annie: Self-Learning Braille Literacy Device Scaling Across India and Beyond · Digital Green — Video-Mediated Agricultural Extension · AirJaldi Networks — Solar-Powered Wireless Broadband for India's Unconnected Villages · Pragya Prasun v. Union of India — India's Supreme Court Makes Digital Access a Fundamental Right and Orders Accessible e-KYC
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +23 pts 72 here · 49 average
Evaluated outcomes +17 pts 95 here · 78 average
Demonstrated reach +12 pts 88 here · 76 average
Equity & inclusion +11 pts 61 here · 50 average
Weaknesses
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced -10 pts 17 here · 27 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced -12 pts 36 here · 48 average
Effectiveness -16 pts 50 here · 66 average
Achievement / evidence -22 pts 65 here · 87 average
Efficiency -26 pts 5 here · 32 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: India. 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
Karya — Fair-Wage AI Data-Work Platform Bringing Digital Income to Rural India · 96
Read Along (Bolo) — Google's AI reading tutor for low-literacy children in India · 96
Annie: Self-Learning Braille Literacy Device Scaling Across India and Beyond · 96
Digital Green — Video-Mediated Agricultural Extension · 96
AirJaldi Networks — Solar-Powered Wireless Broadband for India's Unconnected Villages · 92
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 India 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
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
Bogotá's Care Blocks (Manzanas del Cuidado) · 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