What works in Iran
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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 Iran
Iran's evidence base shows mixed results across environmental and social interventions. The Lake Urmia Restoration Program achieved a 25% reduction in agricultural water use and approximately 42% rise in irrigation efficiency, with the lake's water level rising 120cm in seven months to April 2026, though independent research attributes this partial recovery to both above-average rainfall and programme interventions rather than the programme alone. The Iran Digital initiative has enrolled approximately 2 million students in free AI and programming instruction against a 4-million-student target, with 40,000 teachers trained, though these figures are self-reported with no independent verification of learning outcomes. Conversely, the 2016 Reduced Working-Hours Law for Working Mothers backfired: rather than protecting women, female labour-force participation fell from 19% in 2016 to 13.4% in 2024, as employers reduced hiring of the targeted group.
Drawn from: Lake Urmia Restoration Program (ULRP) · Iran Digital — National Free AI and Programming Curriculum Reaches 2 Million Students · 2016 Reduced Working-Hours Law for Working Mothers — A Documented Policy Backfire · Nazer — Iran's AI-Assisted App and Drone Network for Hijab-Law Enforcement
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +50 pts 100 here · 50 average
Teacher capability & pedagogy +29 pts 67 here · 37 average
Curator validation +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced +16 pts 67 here · 51 average
Evaluated outcomes +16 pts 100 here · 84 average
Weaknesses
Scalability beyond pilot -14 pts 50 here · 64 average
Governance, capability & sustainability -14 pts 50 here · 64 average
Equity & inclusion -19 pts 33 here · 52 average
Evidence of impact / measured public value -26 pts 33 here · 59 average
Transferability / replicability -26 pts 33 here · 59 average
Evidence of learning impact -28 pts 0 here · 28 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced -31 pts 0 here · 31 average
Efficiency -44 pts 0 here · 44 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection -48 pts 0 here · 48 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability -54 pts 0 here · 54 average
Effectiveness -77 pts 0 here · 77 average
Sustainability -78 pts 0 here · 78 average
Impact on gender equality -80 pts 0 here · 80 average
Achievement / evidence -91 pts 0 here · 91 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding -91 pts 0 here · 91 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Iran. 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
Lake Urmia Restoration Program (ULRP) · 53
Iran Digital — National Free AI and Programming Curriculum Reaches 2 Million Students · 33
2016 Reduced Working-Hours Law for Working Mothers — A Documented Policy Backfire · 26
Nazer — Iran's AI-Assisted App and Drone Network for Hijab-Law Enforcement · 20
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 Iran 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
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
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
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