What works in Malawi
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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 Malawi
Malawi has implemented several large-scale digital and economic development programmes with measurable outcomes. The Malawi Digital Foundations Project (DIGMAP) brought nearly 7 million Malawians online for the first time and trained over 19,000 youth at Tech Hubs through World Bank funding of US$72.4M (2017–2024), while The Turing Trust increased IT-lab access in the Northern Region from 5% to 81% of secondary schools since 2016. CARE's Village Savings and Loan Associations, tested via RCT on 15,221 households, increased women's savings by 34% and monthly business profits by 24% at low cost (USD 7.01 per household). Additionally, Tiwerenge 365 has reached 3,500 children including 90+ with disabilities through solar-powered digital reading clubs, though this evidence remains largely self-reported.
Drawn from: Tiwerenge 365 (T365) — Solar-Powered Accessible Digital Books for Children with Disabilities in Malawi · The Turing Trust — Refurbished Computers & Offline E-Libraries for Malawi's Secondary Schools · Malawi Digital Foundations Project (DIGMAP) – National Digital Infrastructure, Skills and Connectivity Programme · CARE Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs) — Women's Financial Inclusion and Economic Empowerment in Rural Malawi · mHub & the UNDP Growth Accelerator Challenge — Financing Malawi's Youth and Women-Led Enterprises · BEFIT — Building Education Foundations through Innovation & Technology: AI-adaptive foundational literacy and numeracy for Malawi's primary schools · Malawi Innovation Challenge Fund — Matching Grants Turning Inclusive-Business Ideas into Jobs · Financial Inclusion and Entrepreneurship Scaling (FInES) Project
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Efficiency +56 pts 100 here · 44 average
Evaluation evidence +55 pts 100 here · 45 average
Inclusiveness / equity +47 pts 89 here · 42 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +28 pts 78 here · 50 average
Documented learning +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration +24 pts 100 here · 76 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
Evidence of learning impact +17 pts 44 here · 28 average
Evaluated outcomes +16 pts 100 here · 84 average
Equity & inclusion +14 pts 67 here · 52 average
Achievement / evidence +9 pts 100 here · 91 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +9 pts 100 here · 91 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection +8 pts 56 here · 48 average
Weaknesses
Scalability & sustainability -8 pts 56 here · 64 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced -9 pts 22 here · 31 average
Evidence of impact / measured public value -9 pts 50 here · 59 average
Governance, certification & transferability -9 pts 56 here · 64 average
Teacher capability & pedagogy -26 pts 11 here · 37 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced -40 pts 11 here · 51 average
Curator validation -74 pts 0 here · 74 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Malawi. 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
The Turing Trust — Refurbished Computers & Offline E-Libraries for Malawi's Secondary Schools · 92
mHub & the UNDP Growth Accelerator Challenge — Financing Malawi's Youth and Women-Led Enterprises · 76
Malawi Innovation Challenge Fund — Matching Grants Turning Inclusive-Business Ideas into Jobs · 71
Financial Inclusion and Entrepreneurship Scaling (FInES) Project · 67
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 Malawi 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
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
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
Guyana's One-Third Gender Candidate Quota — Two Decades of Sustained Representation · 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