What works in Iraq
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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 Iraq
Iraq's evidence base shows mixed results across digital skills, entrepreneurship, and institutional reform. Re:Coded's coding bootcamps trained over 400 youth across Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen, with 85% of job-seeking graduates from early cohorts securing technical roles, while Five One Labs has graduated 130 startups and supported over 1,000 entrepreneurs in Iraqi Kurdistan, awarding $830,000+ in seed funding with 61% directed to women-led ventures. Iraq's constitutional 25% gender quota in the Council of Representatives achieved 28.9% women's representation by 2021, though only 19 ministerial posts were held by women between 2005–2021. The ASYCUDA World customs system roughly doubled trade revenue in 2024, but also left approximately 76,000 containers uncollected due to stricter fee assessments.
Drawn from: Re:Coded — Digital Skills Bootcamps for Displaced Youth · Iraq's Constitutional Quota for Women in the Council of Representatives · ASYCUDA World — Iraq's AI-Assisted Customs Risk-Scoring Roughly Doubled Trade Revenue, Then Stranded Thousands of Containers · Five One Labs — Iraq's Incubator for Local and Displaced Entrepreneurs · Mesopotamian Marshlands Restoration — Ahwar of Southern Iraq · Iraq's Ministry of Higher Education & Google — Free Nationwide Gemini Pro Access for University Students · E-School — Kurdistan Regional Government's AI-Enabled Smart Classroom Rollout · College of Artificial Intelligence, University of Baghdad — Iraq's National AI Higher-Education Push
Generated from this place's cited practices only. Always check the linked sources.
Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Inclusiveness / equity +58 pts 100 here · 42 average
Evaluation evidence +55 pts 100 here · 45 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +50 pts 100 here · 50 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
Impact on gender equality +20 pts 100 here · 80 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced +16 pts 67 here · 51 average
Evaluated outcomes +16 pts 100 here · 84 average
Achievement / evidence +9 pts 100 here · 91 average
Weaknesses
Multi-stakeholder collaboration -9 pts 67 here · 76 average
Transferability / replicability -9 pts 50 here · 59 average
Evidence of impact / measured public value -14 pts 44 here · 59 average
Evidence of learning impact -28 pts 0 here · 28 average
Equity & inclusion -30 pts 22 here · 52 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced -31 pts 0 here · 31 average
Governance, certification & transferability -31 pts 33 here · 64 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability -37 pts 17 here · 54 average
Teacher capability & pedagogy -37 pts 0 here · 37 average
Efficiency -44 pts 0 here · 44 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection -48 pts 0 here · 48 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding -91 pts 0 here · 91 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Iraq. 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
Re:Coded — Digital Skills Bootcamps for Displaced Youth · 92
Iraq's Constitutional Quota for Women in the Council of Representatives · 74
Five One Labs — Iraq's Incubator for Local and Displaced Entrepreneurs · 62
Mesopotamian Marshlands Restoration — Ahwar of Southern Iraq · 40
E-School — Kurdistan Regional Government's AI-Enabled Smart Classroom Rollout · 20
College of Artificial Intelligence, University of Baghdad — Iraq's National AI Higher-Education Push · 7
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 Iraq 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
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
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