What works in Jamaica
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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 Jamaica
Jamaica has implemented several large-scale programmes to expand access and opportunity across digital, education and economic sectors. Jamaica's Universal Service Fund has deployed 400+ public Wi-Fi hotspots serving 150,000+ weekly users across all 14 parish capitals, while the Women's Centre of Jamaica Foundation has served 46,989 adolescent mothers since 1978 with a 70% school-reintegration rate and repeat-pregnancy rate below 2%. JAMPRO's Export Max II programme grew 20 participating SMEs' export sales by an average 213% and created 173 jobs, and Jamaica's Accessible Digital Textbooks pilot tested AI-enhanced storybooks in five schools serving students with disabilities as part of a 10-country UNICEF programme. However, the evidence does not quantify wider developmental impact or provide independent third-party evaluation of most programmes.
Drawn from: Universal Service Fund Community Access Points & Public Wi-Fi Programme · Women's Centre of Jamaica Foundation – Programme for Adolescent Mothers · Jamaica Accessible Digital Textbooks (ADT) — AI-Enhanced Storybooks for Students with Disabilities · Export Max — JAMPRO's Multi-Phase Export-Growth Programme for Jamaican SMEs · Kingston Creative — Downtown Kingston Art District & the CREATECH Programme · WeatherNext AI Forecasting and Jamaica's Response to Hurricane Melissa · DIA Urban Lab — Citi Foundation's Youth Innovation Pipeline in Kingston · Jamaica Yallahs-Hope River Watershed Management and PES Programme
Generated from this place's cited practices only. Always check the linked sources.
Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Efficiency +56 pts 100 here · 44 average
Effectiveness +23 pts 100 here · 77 average
Impact on gender equality +20 pts 100 here · 80 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +17 pts 67 here · 50 average
Evaluated outcomes +16 pts 100 here · 84 average
Equity & inclusion +14 pts 67 here · 52 average
Teacher capability & pedagogy +13 pts 50 here · 37 average
Achievement / evidence +9 pts 100 here · 91 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +9 pts 100 here · 91 average
Weaknesses
Sustainability -8 pts 70 here · 78 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced -9 pts 22 here · 31 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration -9 pts 67 here · 76 average
Demonstrated reach -9 pts 67 here · 76 average
Scalability & sustainability -10 pts 54 here · 64 average
Evidence of impact / measured public value -11 pts 48 here · 59 average
Evaluation evidence -11 pts 33 here · 45 average
Transferability / replicability -13 pts 47 here · 59 average
Innovation level -14 pts 49 here · 63 average
Governance, certification & transferability -20 pts 44 here · 64 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability -32 pts 22 here · 54 average
Documented learning -41 pts 33 here · 74 average
Curator validation -74 pts 0 here · 74 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Jamaica. 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
Universal Service Fund Community Access Points & Public Wi-Fi Programme · 88
Women's Centre of Jamaica Foundation – Programme for Adolescent Mothers · 85
Jamaica Accessible Digital Textbooks (ADT) — AI-Enhanced Storybooks for Students with Disabilities · 73
Export Max — JAMPRO's Multi-Phase Export-Growth Programme for Jamaican SMEs · 62
Kingston Creative — Downtown Kingston Art District & the CREATECH Programme · 62
WeatherNext AI Forecasting and Jamaica's Response to Hurricane Melissa · 60
DIA Urban Lab — Citi Foundation's Youth Innovation Pipeline in Kingston · 57
Jamaica Yallahs-Hope River Watershed Management and PES Programme · 53
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 Jamaica 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