What works in Mali
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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 Mali
Mali has seen significant progress across education, economic empowerment, and digital inclusion in recent years. SWEDD's work in three regions reduced girls' school dropout from 53% to 2% between 2016–19, while raising women's average monthly income from US$5 to US$110. The Orange Digital Center in Bamako trained 200 young women in 2024 with a target of 3,000 youth by 2026, placing 350 graduates in digital jobs. WFP's AI deduplication tool saved US$431,000 in aid efficiency in a 2025 Mali pilot, while RobotsMali produced 107 Bambara-language children's books following Mali's 2023 language policy shift, reaching over 300 elementary pupils.
Drawn from: Sahel Women's Empowerment and Demographic Dividend Project (SWEDD) — Mali · WFP's Enterprise Deduplication Service — AI Photo-Matching Saves $431,000 in Mali Aid Registrations · Orange Digital Center Bamako — Free Digital Skills and Start-up Hub Training Mali's Youth · RobotsMali — AI-Generated Bambara-Language Children's Books After Mali's Language Policy Shift · AGCCI Bamako — AU–UN Women's AI, Robotics and Coding Camp for 50 Young Malian Women · Olympic Forest — IOC-Tree Aid Sahel Agroforestry Restoration (Mali & Senegal) · Inner Niger Delta Wetland Co-Management — Flood-Forest Restoration for 2 Million People (Mali) · Kabakoo Academies — Bilingual AI Mentor for Youth Entrepreneurship Training in Bamako, Mali
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Transferability / replicability +40 pts 100 here · 60 average
Effectiveness +34 pts 100 here · 66 average
Impact on gender equality +30 pts 100 here · 70 average
Equity & inclusion +28 pts 78 here · 50 average
Curator validation +27 pts 100 here · 73 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Inclusiveness / equity +24 pts 67 here · 43 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
Transparency, fairness & accountability +13 pts 67 here · 54 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +11 pts 100 here · 89 average
Sustainability +11 pts 89 here · 78 average
Evidence of impact / measured public value +10 pts 67 here · 57 average
Weaknesses
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced -10 pts 17 here · 27 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection -14 pts 33 here · 47 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced -14 pts 33 here · 48 average
Innovation level -25 pts 37 here · 62 average
Teacher capability & pedagogy -27 pts 11 here · 38 average
Efficiency -32 pts 0 here · 32 average
Evaluation evidence -49 pts 0 here · 49 average
Documented learning -74 pts 0 here · 74 average
Demonstrated reach -76 pts 0 here · 76 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Mali. 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
Sahel Women's Empowerment and Demographic Dividend Project (SWEDD) — Mali · 89
WFP's Enterprise Deduplication Service — AI Photo-Matching Saves $431,000 in Mali Aid Registrations · 73
Orange Digital Center Bamako — Free Digital Skills and Start-up Hub Training Mali's Youth · 71
RobotsMali — AI-Generated Bambara-Language Children's Books After Mali's Language Policy Shift · 53
AGCCI Bamako — AU–UN Women's AI, Robotics and Coding Camp for 50 Young Malian Women · 47
Olympic Forest — IOC-Tree Aid Sahel Agroforestry Restoration (Mali & Senegal) · 40
Inner Niger Delta Wetland Co-Management — Flood-Forest Restoration for 2 Million People (Mali) · 33
Kabakoo Academies — Bilingual AI Mentor for Youth Entrepreneurship Training in Bamako, Mali · 33
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 Mali 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