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 measurable progress in girls' education and women's economic empowerment through SWEDD's multi-sector interventions, with girls' school drop-out rates falling from 53% to 2% (2016–19) and women's average monthly income rising from US$5 to US$110 (2014–20). The country has also adopted innovative approaches to address local-language literacy gaps: RobotsMali produced 107 Bambara-language children's books using AI tools following Mali's 2023 language-policy shift, reaching over 300 pupils within the first year. Additionally, WFP's AI-powered deduplication service saved US$431,000 in aid registrations over six months in 2025, demonstrating efficiency gains in humanitarian assistance delivery, though the practices do not document broader economic or health outcomes beyond these specific programmes.
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 · RobotsMali — AI-Generated Bambara-Language Children's Books After Mali's Language Policy Shift · Olympic Forest — IOC-Tree Aid Sahel Agroforestry Restoration (Mali & Senegal) · Kabakoo Academies — Bilingual AI Mentor for Youth Entrepreneurship Training in Bamako, Mali · Orange Mali–UNDP Digital Skills Partnership
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Transferability / replicability +40 pts 100 here · 60 average
Curator validation +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Effectiveness +23 pts 100 here · 77 average
Sustainability +22 pts 100 here · 78 average
Impact on gender equality +20 pts 100 here · 80 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +17 pts 67 here · 50 average
Evaluated outcomes +15 pts 100 here · 85 average
Equity & inclusion +14 pts 67 here · 52 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability +13 pts 67 here · 54 average
Achievement / evidence +9 pts 100 here · 91 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +9 pts 100 here · 91 average
Weaknesses
Transparency, ethics & data protection -14 pts 33 here · 48 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced -17 pts 33 here · 51 average
Teacher capability & pedagogy -21 pts 17 here · 37 average
Innovation level -23 pts 40 here · 63 average
Efficiency -44 pts 0 here · 44 average
Evaluation evidence -45 pts 0 here · 45 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
RobotsMali — AI-Generated Bambara-Language Children's Books After Mali's Language Policy Shift · 53
Olympic Forest — IOC-Tree Aid Sahel Agroforestry Restoration (Mali & Senegal) · 40
Kabakoo Academies — Bilingual AI Mentor for Youth Entrepreneurship Training in Bamako, Mali · 33
Orange Mali–UNDP Digital Skills Partnership · 28
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
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
Abolition of Chhaupadi — Ending Menstrual Exile Huts in Nepal's Far- and Mid-Western Districts · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- 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