What works in Macao
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Evidence snapshot for Macao
Macao is pursuing economic diversification and workforce development beyond its traditional gaming-dependent economy. The Guangdong-Macao Cooperation Zone generated 21.6 billion yuan from "four new" industries in Q1–Q3 2024, representing 57.8% of the zone's GDP, while the government ran over 40 AI-literacy training sessions reaching 800+ middle-aged and elderly residents in 2025 to boost employability. A seven-year Women's Development Goals plan (2019–2025) reported completion of all 278 planned actions across 21 departments, though independent UN review in 2023 found women remained underrepresented in senior roles—only 1 of 5 government secretaries (~20%) and 5 of 33 Legislative Assembly deputies (~15%) were women. The evidence documents policy processes and outputs rather than measured socioeconomic outcomes.
Drawn from: DSAL AI Literacy Courses for Macao's Middle-Aged and Elderly Residents · Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin — Cross-Border Diversification Beyond Gaming · Macao's Women's Development Goals Plan · Macau's Mandatory AI Curriculum and Smart-Classroom Rollout — Legal Mandate Meets Resource Gaps
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +55 pts 100 here · 45 average
Curator validation +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration +24 pts 100 here · 76 average
Demonstrated reach +24 pts 100 here · 76 average
Evaluated outcomes +15 pts 100 here · 85 average
Sustainability (ongoing) +10 pts 89 here · 78 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
Innovation level -10 pts 53 here · 63 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection -14 pts 33 here · 48 average
Equity & inclusion -19 pts 33 here · 52 average
Transferability / replicability -26 pts 33 here · 60 average
Evidence of learning impact -28 pts 0 here · 28 average
Efficiency -44 pts 0 here · 44 average
Documented learning -74 pts 0 here · 74 average
Effectiveness -77 pts 0 here · 77 average
Impact on gender equality -80 pts 0 here · 80 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Macao. 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
DSAL AI Literacy Courses for Macao's Middle-Aged and Elderly Residents · 68
Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin — Cross-Border Diversification Beyond Gaming · 62
Macao's Women's Development Goals Plan · 59
Macau's Mandatory AI Curriculum and Smart-Classroom Rollout — Legal Mandate Meets Resource Gaps · 33
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