What works in Iran
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Evidence snapshot for Iran
The evidence shows Iran implementing targeted interventions across education, environment, and innovation. UNICEF's procurement of a Braillo 600 embosser currently serves 7,145 visually impaired students in formal education, while three AI micro-interventions at Urmia University demonstrated statistically significant gains in EFL teacher development across 187 retained teachers. Environmental efforts include the Lake Urmia Restoration Program, which engaged 11,000+ farmers and achieved a 25% reduction in agricultural water use and ~42% rise in irrigation efficiency, with documented water-level recovery of 120 cm by April 2026—though researchers debate how much reflects programme-driven impact versus rainfall. Pardis Technology Park hosts over 370 high-tech firms employing 6,000+ specialists, representing one of Iran's few innovation bodies with externally corroborated figures.
Drawn from: UNICEF's Braillo 600 Embosser — Modernising Braille Textbook Production for Iran's Visually Impaired Students · Three AI Micro-Interventions Lift Iranian EFL Teachers' Reflective Practice, Digital Skills and Classroom Rapport — Urmia University Study · Lake Urmia Restoration Program (ULRP) · Pardis Technology Park — Iran's State-Backed Science Park Near Tehran · 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 +52 pts 100 here · 48 average
Evaluation evidence +51 pts 100 here · 49 average
Teacher capability & pedagogy +45 pts 83 here · 38 average
Curator validation +27 pts 100 here · 73 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
Weaknesses
Evidence of learning impact -10 pts 17 here · 26 average
Scalability beyond pilot -12 pts 50 here · 62 average
Governance, capability & sustainability -14 pts 50 here · 64 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection -14 pts 33 here · 47 average
Equity & inclusion -16 pts 33 here · 50 average
Sustainability -22 pts 56 here · 78 average
Evidence of impact / measured public value -24 pts 33 here · 57 average
Innovation -25 pts 37 here · 62 average
Transferability / replicability -27 pts 33 here · 60 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced -27 pts 0 here · 27 average
Efficiency -32 pts 0 here · 32 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration -40 pts 33 here · 74 average
Inclusiveness / equity -43 pts 0 here · 43 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability -54 pts 0 here · 54 average
Effectiveness -66 pts 0 here · 66 average
Impact on gender equality -70 pts 0 here · 70 average
Documented learning -74 pts 0 here · 74 average
Achievement / evidence -87 pts 0 here · 87 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding -89 pts 0 here · 89 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
Pardis Technology Park — Iran's State-Backed Science Park Near Tehran · 38
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
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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
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- 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