What works in Kyrgyzstan
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Evidence snapshot for Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan has pursued a multi-pronged digital transformation strategy combining infrastructure, government services, education, and IT sector development. Digital CASA laid over 3,000 km of fibre-optic cable connecting nearly 4,000 schools, clinics and offices to reach 800,000+ citizens with affordable broadband by 2025, while Tunduk grew from 363,000 annual transactions in 2018 to approximately 3.5 billion in 2024 across 37 state agencies, saving citizens an estimated 21 million hours and $19 million annually. Learning for the Future trained 36,000 teachers (80% women) and equipped 1,200 schools with IT platforms to build digital workforce readiness, while the High Technology Park attracted 500+ IT export companies generating $130 million in exports to 63 countries by 2024. These initiatives demonstrate sustained investment in broadband access, digital government services, educator capacity, and tax-incentivized IT sector growth, though the evidence does not quantify overall digital adoption rates or sectoral economic impact beyond IT exports.
Drawn from: Digital CASA – Kyrgyz Republic Project · Tunduk — Kyrgyzstan's National Data-Exchange & Digital ID Platform · Learning for the Future — Kyrgyzstan's World Bank–Korea Partnership for Teacher Digital Skills · High Technology Park of the Kyrgyz Republic — Central Asia's Tax-Free IT Export Zone · AI-Assisted Portable X-Ray Screening for Tuberculosis — Kyrgyzstan's National TB Programme · Unified AI Monitoring System for Glacial Lake Outburst Floods — Kyrgyzstan's Ministry of Emergency Situations · "My City": Bishkek's Municipal App for Citizen Requests, Transport and Payments · STEM4ALL x Mentoring Her — AI-Matched Mentorship for Women and Girls in STEM (Kyrgyzstan)
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +54 pts 100 here · 46 average
Equity & inclusion +31 pts 83 here · 52 average
Documented learning +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Curator validation +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Demonstrated reach +24 pts 100 here · 76 average
Teacher capability & pedagogy +13 pts 50 here · 37 average
Achievement / evidence +10 pts 100 here · 90 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +9 pts 100 here · 91 average
Evidence of impact / measured public value +8 pts 67 here · 59 average
Weaknesses
Sustainability (ongoing) -12 pts 67 here · 78 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced -14 pts 17 here · 30 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection -14 pts 33 here · 48 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration -20 pts 56 here · 75 average
Inclusiveness / equity -20 pts 22 here · 42 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability -20 pts 33 here · 54 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced -25 pts 25 here · 50 average
Efficiency -43 pts 0 here · 43 average
Effectiveness -76 pts 0 here · 76 average
Impact on gender equality -79 pts 0 here · 79 average
Evaluated outcomes -84 pts 0 here · 84 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Kyrgyzstan. 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
Digital CASA – Kyrgyz Republic Project · 92
Tunduk — Kyrgyzstan's National Data-Exchange & Digital ID Platform · 76
Learning for the Future — Kyrgyzstan's World Bank–Korea Partnership for Teacher Digital Skills · 67
High Technology Park of the Kyrgyz Republic — Central Asia's Tax-Free IT Export Zone · 62
AI-Assisted Portable X-Ray Screening for Tuberculosis — Kyrgyzstan's National TB Programme · 60
"My City": Bishkek's Municipal App for Citizen Requests, Transport and Payments · 52
STEM4ALL x Mentoring Her — AI-Matched Mentorship for Women and Girls in STEM (Kyrgyzstan) · 47
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 Kyrgyzstan 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
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
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