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 invested in multiple evidence-backed programmes spanning digital access, youth development, education inclusion, and export growth. The 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 nearly 47,000 adolescent mothers since 1978 with a 70% school-reintegration rate and repeat-pregnancy rate below 2%. Export Max has grown participating SMEs' export sales by an average 213% and created 173 jobs in its second phase, though these programmes are descriptive or self-reported rather than independently evaluated, and quantified learning outcomes for newer initiatives like the Accessible Digital Textbooks pilot remain limited.
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
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Efficiency +68 pts 100 here · 32 average
Effectiveness +34 pts 100 here · 66 average
Impact on gender equality +30 pts 100 here · 70 average
Evaluated outcomes +22 pts 100 here · 78 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +19 pts 67 here · 48 average
Achievement / evidence +13 pts 100 here · 87 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +11 pts 100 here · 89 average
Teacher capability & pedagogy +9 pts 47 here · 38 average
Weaknesses
Demonstrated reach -9 pts 67 here · 76 average
Evidence of impact / measured public value -9 pts 48 here · 57 average
Innovation level -13 pts 49 here · 62 average
Transferability / replicability -13 pts 47 here · 60 average
Evaluation evidence -16 pts 33 here · 49 average
Governance, certification & transferability -19 pts 44 here · 64 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability -32 pts 22 here · 54 average
Documented learning -41 pts 33 here · 74 average
Curator validation -73 pts 0 here · 73 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
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