What works in Malawi
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Evidence snapshot for Malawi
Malawi has seen significant progress in digital access and economic empowerment in recent years. The Malawi Digital Foundations Project brought nearly 7 million Malawians online for the first time and cut wholesale internet prices by 98%, while The Turing Trust increased IT-lab access in the Northern Region from 5% to 81% of secondary schools. In rural communities, CARE's Village Savings and Loan Associations have helped women increase savings by 34% and business profits by 24% at a cost of $7.01 per household. Additionally, Tiwerenge 365 has reached 3,500 children through solar-powered digital reading clubs, including 90+ children with disabilities, though most evidence remains self-reported by implementing organizations rather than independently verified.
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 · Ending Child Marriage Through Traditional Authority — Senior Chief Theresa Kachindamoto's Annulment Network in Dedza, Malawi · BEFIT — Building Education Foundations through Innovation & Technology: AI-adaptive foundational literacy and numeracy for Malawi's primary schools · Fast Networks Malawi — Starlink-Backed Rural School & Community Connectivity
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +51 pts 100 here · 49 average
Inclusiveness / equity +46 pts 89 here · 43 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +35 pts 83 here · 48 average
Effectiveness +34 pts 100 here · 66 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Demonstrated reach +24 pts 100 here · 76 average
Equity & inclusion +17 pts 67 here · 50 average
Achievement / evidence +13 pts 100 here · 87 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection +11 pts 58 here · 47 average
Weaknesses
Scalability & sustainability -9 pts 53 here · 62 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced -10 pts 17 here · 27 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding -14 pts 75 here · 89 average
Teacher capability & pedagogy -30 pts 8 here · 38 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced -31 pts 17 here · 48 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
Fast Networks Malawi — Starlink-Backed Rural School & Community Connectivity · 72
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
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
Serbia's 40% Electoral Gender Quota — From One-in-Three to Near-Parity Party Lists (2020-2025) · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Bogotá's Care Blocks (Manzanas del Cuidado) · 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