What works in Laos
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Evidence snapshot for Laos
Laos has implemented several evidence-based programmes across disability inclusion, AI literacy, and natural resource management. Community-based inclusive development has reached over 29,000 vulnerable people, with 8,788 supported through health and rehabilitation services and 175+ people with disabilities helped into employment, supported by a digital case-management tool screening seven domains of need. AI literacy initiatives have trained over 1,000 youth through bootcamps with a 50% girls quota, while 6,200 TVET instructors have been trained in AI tools as part of a national strategy. A watershed protection scheme pays US$1.3M annually to safeguard Laos's largest national protected area and support livelihoods for over 6,000 communities.
Drawn from: Digital CBID Case Management Tool — USAID Okard's KoBoCollect System for Disability Case Management in Laos · Lao PDR's Ethics-Guided National AI Literacy & TVET Instructor Programme · Project Sinxay — UNICEF-Arm AI Literacy Bootcamps for Lao Youth with a 50% Girls Quota · Nam Theun 2 Watershed Management and Protection Authority PES (Lao PDR) · Lao PDR SME Access to Finance Project — World Bank Credit Line and Risk-Sharing Facility for Bank SME Lending · Eduten Adaptive Maths Platform — 12-Week AI Numeracy Pilot for Grade 3 Students in Lao PDR · Luang Prabang–Sejong City Startup Ecosystem Partnership · Laos's 30% Women's Assembly Target — Declining Despite a Decade of Policy
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evidence of learning impact +29 pts 56 here · 26 average
Curator validation +27 pts 100 here · 73 average
Evaluated outcomes +22 pts 100 here · 78 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection +20 pts 67 here · 47 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +19 pts 67 here · 48 average
Equity & inclusion +17 pts 67 here · 50 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +11 pts 100 here · 89 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration +10 pts 83 here · 74 average
Weaknesses
Inclusiveness / equity -10 pts 33 here · 43 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced -14 pts 33 here · 48 average
Transferability / replicability -18 pts 42 here · 60 average
Innovation level -20 pts 42 here · 62 average
Scalability & sustainability -23 pts 39 here · 62 average
Documented learning -24 pts 50 here · 74 average
Demonstrated reach -26 pts 50 here · 76 average
Efficiency -32 pts 0 here · 32 average
Evidence of impact / measured public value -35 pts 22 here · 57 average
Sustainability -45 pts 33 here · 78 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
Achievement / evidence -87 pts 0 here · 87 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Laos. 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
Lao PDR's Ethics-Guided National AI Literacy & TVET Instructor Programme · 60
Project Sinxay — UNICEF-Arm AI Literacy Bootcamps for Lao Youth with a 50% Girls Quota · 60
Nam Theun 2 Watershed Management and Protection Authority PES (Lao PDR) · 53
Eduten Adaptive Maths Platform — 12-Week AI Numeracy Pilot for Grade 3 Students in Lao PDR · 47
Luang Prabang–Sejong City Startup Ecosystem Partnership · 38
Laos's 30% Women's Assembly Target — Declining Despite a Decade of Policy · 37
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 Laos 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