What works in Lebanon
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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 Lebanon
Lebanon's evidence shows a country building digital and economic capacity despite significant shocks. CodeBrave × UNICEF scaled tech education from 1,006 students in 2023 to 2,888+ in 2024 across 25–26 schools and 8 governorates, while MENNA trained over 1,000 rural and Syrian refugee women in handicraft and food production, with 300+ now selling through a permanent Beirut shop. A digital language course reached 7,237 Syrian refugee and host-community students across 64 non-formal education centres in 2020, and Beirut Digital District partnered with the World Bank in 2022 to train ~9,500 youth in digital skills, expanding even through Lebanon's 2019–20 financial collapse. However, these practices are descriptive or self-reported rather than independently evaluated for income or employment outcomes, and quantify reach rather than sustainable impact.
Drawn from: MENNA - Lebanon's Nationwide Network for Rural & Refugee Women Producers · Unlocking Learning: UNICEF-Akelius Digital Course for Syrian Refugee Children · CodeBrave × UNICEF — AI, Robotics and Coding for Lebanon's Public Schools · Beirut Digital District — A Tech Hub That Kept Expanding Through Lebanon's Collapse · Lebanon Reforestation Initiative (LRI) — USAID/US Forest Service National Reforestation Programme · Anjar Cash-for-Work Forest Restoration — FAO/Republic of Korea Support for Refugee and Host-Community Reforestation (Lebanon) · Yeti Confetti for Refugees — AI Learning Companion for Syrian Refugee Children in Lebanon · Lebanon's Ministry of State for Technology & AI — A New Ministry Backed by a $150M World Bank Digitisation Loan
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +55 pts 100 here · 45 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
Effectiveness +23 pts 100 here · 77 average
Impact on gender equality +20 pts 100 here · 80 average
Equity & inclusion +14 pts 67 here · 52 average
Fire resilience — risk reduction, evidenced +10 pts 17 here · 7 average
Achievement / evidence +9 pts 100 here · 91 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +9 pts 100 here · 91 average
Weaknesses
Inclusiveness / equity -9 pts 33 here · 42 average
Governance, certification & transferability -9 pts 56 here · 64 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration -9 pts 67 here · 76 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced -14 pts 17 here · 31 average
Innovation level -16 pts 47 here · 63 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control -17 pts 33 here · 50 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced -17 pts 33 here · 51 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability -20 pts 33 here · 54 average
Scalability & sustainability -22 pts 42 here · 64 average
Evidence of impact / measured public value -26 pts 33 here · 59 average
Transferability / replicability -26 pts 33 here · 60 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection -31 pts 17 here · 48 average
Sustainability -34 pts 44 here · 78 average
Efficiency -44 pts 0 here · 44 average
Evaluated outcomes -85 pts 0 here · 85 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Lebanon. 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
MENNA - Lebanon's Nationwide Network for Rural & Refugee Women Producers · 74
Unlocking Learning: UNICEF-Akelius Digital Course for Syrian Refugee Children · 72
CodeBrave × UNICEF — AI, Robotics and Coding for Lebanon's Public Schools · 53
Beirut Digital District — A Tech Hub That Kept Expanding Through Lebanon's Collapse · 48
Lebanon Reforestation Initiative (LRI) — USAID/US Forest Service National Reforestation Programme · 40
Yeti Confetti for Refugees — AI Learning Companion for Syrian Refugee Children in Lebanon · 27
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 Lebanon 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