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 has invested in digital transformation across multiple sectors, with mixed results. ASYCUDA World's AI-assisted customs system roughly doubled trade revenue in 2024, though the stricter fee assessments left approximately 76,000 containers uncollected. On workforce development, Re:Coded's coding bootcamps trained over 400 people 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% going to women-led ventures. On political representation, Iraq's constitutional 25% women's quota in the Council of Representatives resulted in 95 women winning seats in 2021 (28.9%), though research found these descriptive gains have not converted into substantive policy power.
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 · Facial-Recognition Fallback — Iraq's IHEC Adds Face Biometrics to Voter Verification for the 2025 Election · Mesopotamian Marshlands Restoration — Ahwar of Southern Iraq · The Station — Baghdad's First Co-Working Hub for Iraqi Entrepreneurs · Iraq's Ministry of Higher Education & Google — Free Nationwide Gemini Pro Access for University Students
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +52 pts 100 here · 48 average
Evaluation evidence +51 pts 100 here · 49 average
Effectiveness +34 pts 100 here · 66 average
Impact on gender equality +30 pts 100 here · 70 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
Evaluated outcomes +22 pts 100 here · 78 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced +19 pts 67 here · 48 average
Achievement / evidence +13 pts 100 here · 87 average
Weaknesses
Transferability / replicability -10 pts 50 here · 60 average
Sustainability -11 pts 67 here · 78 average
Evidence of impact / measured public value -17 pts 40 here · 57 average
Evidence of learning impact -26 pts 0 here · 26 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced -27 pts 0 here · 27 average
Equity & inclusion -27 pts 22 here · 50 average
Governance, certification & transferability -30 pts 33 here · 64 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability -32 pts 22 here · 54 average
Efficiency -32 pts 0 here · 32 average
Teacher capability & pedagogy -38 pts 0 here · 38 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection -47 pts 0 here · 47 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding -89 pts 0 here · 89 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
The Station — Baghdad's First Co-Working Hub for Iraqi Entrepreneurs · 38
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
Karya — Fair-Wage AI Data-Work Platform Bringing Digital Income to Rural India · fit 100/100
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
safe+natal — Comadrona-Designed Smartphone Checklist for Maternal Risk Screening in Rural Guatemala · fit 100/100
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Digital Green — Video-Mediated Agricultural Extension · fit 100/100
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Kartu Prakerja – National Digital Skills and Financial Inclusion Programme · fit 100/100
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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
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