What works in Maldives
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Evidence snapshot for Maldives
The Maldives has undertaken several digitisation and governance initiatives with mixed results. Women's representation in local councils surged to 40% following a 2019 reserved-seat quota, though decision-making power remains limited as no woman has yet chaired a council. A $10 million World Bank programme has expanded digital ID and broadband access, achieving 83.9% internet penetration and over 85% population access to high-speed fibre. Environmental funding through the Green Tax has accumulated MVR 2.25 billion annually as of 2025, but disbursement lags significantly, with only ~12% spent in that year.
Drawn from: Maldives' 33% Reserved-Seat Quota for Women in Local Councils (2019 Decentralisation Act Amendment) · Digital Maldives – National Digital ID and Connectivity for Climate-Resilient Public Services · MI ID Checker — Maldives' Facial-Recognition Tool for Identifying Undocumented Migrant Workers · Maldives Green Fund — Statutory Tourist Green Tax for Environmental Protection · Thaana Mallow — Converting Dhivehi Thaana Script to Latin So Screen Readers Can Read the Maldivian Language · Mianz College's BSc in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning — the Maldives' First Homegrown AI Degree · Girls to Code — Dhiraagu and Women in Tech Maldives' National Coding Programme · Maldives Floating City — An Untested Answer to Sea-Level Rise, Clouded by Controversy
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Effectiveness +34 pts 100 here · 66 average
Impact on gender equality +30 pts 100 here · 70 average
Curator validation +27 pts 100 here · 73 average
Evaluated outcomes +22 pts 100 here · 78 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +19 pts 67 here · 48 average
Equity & inclusion +17 pts 67 here · 50 average
Achievement / evidence +13 pts 100 here · 87 average
Weaknesses
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced -14 pts 33 here · 48 average
Evidence of impact / measured public value -24 pts 33 here · 57 average
Documented learning -24 pts 50 here · 74 average
Demonstrated reach -26 pts 50 here · 76 average
Evidence of learning impact -26 pts 0 here · 26 average
Transferability / replicability -27 pts 33 here · 60 average
Sustainability (ongoing) -28 pts 50 here · 78 average
Scalability & sustainability -29 pts 33 here · 62 average
Governance, certification & transferability -30 pts 33 here · 64 average
Efficiency -32 pts 0 here · 32 average
Teacher capability & pedagogy -38 pts 0 here · 38 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration -40 pts 33 here · 74 average
Inclusiveness / equity -43 pts 0 here · 43 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection -47 pts 0 here · 47 average
Evaluation evidence -49 pts 0 here · 49 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability -54 pts 0 here · 54 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding -89 pts 0 here · 89 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Maldives. 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
Maldives' 33% Reserved-Seat Quota for Women in Local Councils (2019 Decentralisation Act Amendment) · 70
Digital Maldives – National Digital ID and Connectivity for Climate-Resilient Public Services · 52
MI ID Checker — Maldives' Facial-Recognition Tool for Identifying Undocumented Migrant Workers · 40
Maldives Green Fund — Statutory Tourist Green Tax for Environmental Protection · 40
Girls to Code — Dhiraagu and Women in Tech Maldives' National Coding Programme · 20
Maldives Floating City — An Untested Answer to Sea-Level Rise, Clouded by Controversy · 14
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Cities with evaluated practice
Where the documented practice in Maldives 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