What works in Nepal
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Evidence snapshot for Nepal
Nepal has implemented several large-scale development initiatives with documented social and technological impact. The Nepal Wireless Networking Project expanded internet access to roughly 175 mountain villages across 15 districts through long-distance WiFi and relay towers, enabling telemedicine and e-commerce services. OLE Nepal's digital learning programme deployed offline learning software to 180 schools reaching 40,000+ students in 16 districts, while the Abolition of Chhaupadi programme reduced the practice of menstrual exile huts from 19.4% to 5.5% among 45,990 women and girls in the Far- and Mid-Western districts. These practices demonstrate evidence-based approaches to rural connectivity, education access, and gender-based harm reduction, though the evidence presented is primarily descriptive or observational rather than from large-scale randomised trials.
Drawn from: Nepal Wireless Networking Project — Mahabir Pun's Himalayan Village-to-Village Internet · Abolition of Chhaupadi — Ending Menstrual Exile Huts in Nepal's Far- and Mid-Western Districts · OLE Nepal – E-Paath & E-Pustakalaya Digital Learning for Rural Schools · Change Starts at Home — Couples' Curriculum and Community Diffusion Against Intimate Partner Violence, Nepal · Kathmandu Living Labs — Open Cities Mapping for Seismic Resilience · Dina — Nepal's First Text-to-Speech Voice Co-Designed With Blind and Low-Vision Youth · Nepal's Equal Inheritance Reform — From the 1995 Dhungana Ruling to the 2017 Civil Code · Nepal's Constitutional 40% Gender Quota in Local Government (2015/2017)
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +34 pts 83 here · 49 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced +29 pts 56 here · 27 average
Inclusiveness / equity +24 pts 67 here · 43 average
Evaluated outcomes +22 pts 100 here · 78 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration +15 pts 89 here · 74 average
Equity & inclusion +12 pts 61 here · 50 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +11 pts 100 here · 89 average
Documented learning +9 pts 83 here · 74 average
Weaknesses
Evidence of learning impact -10 pts 17 here · 26 average
Impact on gender equality -12 pts 57 here · 70 average
Evidence of impact / measured public value -15 pts 42 here · 57 average
Efficiency -17 pts 14 here · 32 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection -19 pts 28 here · 47 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced -20 pts 28 here · 48 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability -20 pts 33 here · 54 average
Teacher capability & pedagogy -21 pts 17 here · 38 average
Scalability & sustainability -22 pts 40 here · 62 average
Effectiveness -23 pts 43 here · 66 average
Demonstrated reach -42 pts 33 here · 76 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Nepal. 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
Nepal Wireless Networking Project — Mahabir Pun's Himalayan Village-to-Village Internet · 100
Abolition of Chhaupadi — Ending Menstrual Exile Huts in Nepal's Far- and Mid-Western Districts · 100
OLE Nepal – E-Paath & E-Pustakalaya Digital Learning for Rural Schools · 96
Kathmandu Living Labs — Open Cities Mapping for Seismic Resilience · 76
Dina — Nepal's First Text-to-Speech Voice Co-Designed With Blind and Low-Vision Youth · 76
Nepal's Equal Inheritance Reform — From the 1995 Dhungana Ruling to the 2017 Civil Code · 74
Nepal's Constitutional 40% Gender Quota in Local Government (2015/2017) · 74
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Cities with evaluated practice
Where the documented practice in Nepal 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