What works in Iraq
4 evaluated practices · All catalogues
Evidence snapshot for Iraq
Iraq has implemented several development and governance interventions with mixed results. Re:Coded's digital skills bootcamps trained over 400 youth across the country with an 85% job placement rate for graduates, reaching roughly 40% female participation. Iraq's constitutional quota for women achieved 28.9% female representation in the Council of Representatives in 2021 (the highest on record), though only 19 women held ministerial posts between 2005 and 2021. Mesopotamian Marshlands restoration efforts have re-inundated between 30–75% of historic wetland extent depending on region and drought conditions, enabling approximately 250,000 Marsh Arabs to return, but gains remain fragile due to upstream damming and severe recent drought reducing coverage to as little as 8% of historic extent in 2021–2025.
Drawn from: Re:Coded — Digital Skills Bootcamps for Displaced Youth · Iraq's Constitutional Quota for Women in the Council of Representatives · Mesopotamian Marshlands Restoration — Ahwar of Southern Iraq · AI-Assisted 'Smart Dam' Pilot for Water-Flow Monitoring on Iraq's Kufa and Al-Abbasiya Regulators
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +0.67
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +0.462
Documented learning +0.276
Demonstrated reach +0.265
Curator validation +0.25
Effectiveness +0.189
Sustainability +0.186
Impact on gender equality +0.173
Evaluated outcomes +0.163
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced +0.118
Weaknesses
Fire resilience — risk reduction, evidenced -0.099
Transferability / replicability -0.271
Scalability beyond pilot -0.356
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced -0.405
Efficiency -0.517
Governance, certification & transferability -0.527
Transparency, fairness & accountability -0.547
Evidence of impact / measured public value -0.598
Gender-mainstreaming embedding -0.902
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
Mesopotamian Marshlands Restoration — Ahwar of Southern Iraq · 40
AI-Assisted 'Smart Dam' Pilot for Water-Flow Monitoring on Iraq's Kufa and Al-Abbasiya Regulators · 7
Recommended to adopt or replicate
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