What works in Malawi
6 evaluated practices · All catalogues
Evidence snapshot for Malawi
Malawi has seen significant progress in digital infrastructure and education access in recent years. The Malawi Digital Foundations Project brought nearly 7 million Malawians online for the first time and trained over 19,000 youth at Tech Hubs, while The Turing Trust expanded secondary school computer access from 5% nationally in 2016 to 81% in the Northern Region, with partner schools reporting a 20% increase in university attendance after IT teaching began. Beyond education, CARE's Village Savings and Loan Associations have reached over 7 million people globally and demonstrated measurable economic gains for rural Malawian women, including 34% increases in savings and 24% increases in monthly business profits. The evidence demonstrates progress in connectivity, skills training, and financial inclusion, though the practices documented do not provide a comprehensive picture of all development outcomes across the country.
Drawn from: 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 · BEFIT — Building Education Foundations through Innovation & Technology: AI-adaptive foundational literacy and numeracy for Malawi's primary schools · AI for Early Warnings for All — Malawi's Pilot to Integrate the 'Bris' AI Weather Model into National Forecasting · Trees of Hope — Community Agroforestry Carbon (Malawi)
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evidence of learning impact +0.673
Evaluation evidence +0.643
Efficiency +0.483
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced +0.276
Documented learning +0.272
Demonstrated reach +0.252
Effectiveness +0.189
Sustainability (ongoing) +0.188
Impact on gender equality +0.173
Evaluated outcomes +0.163
Transparency, fairness & accountability +0.12
Equity & inclusion +0.11
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +0.098
Transparency, ethics & data protection +0.083
Weaknesses
Fire resilience — risk reduction, evidenced -0.095
Teacher capability & pedagogy -0.147
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control -0.186
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced -0.217
Evidence of impact / measured public value -0.265
Curator validation -0.75
Top good practices here
The Turing Trust — Refurbished Computers & Offline E-Libraries for Malawi's Secondary Schools · 92
Recommended to adopt or replicate
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