What works in Nauru
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Evidence snapshot for Nauru
Nauru's Family and Sexual Violence Unit shows that the country has strengthened its domestic violence response since 2017, with police staffing growing from 2 to 5 officers and handling 79 cases between 2021 and 2024, though a 2014 baseline found 48.1% of ever-partnered women had experienced lifetime physical or sexual intimate-partner violence. Nauru's first international submarine fibre-optic cable landed in August 2025, replacing the country's sole satellite gateway and serving its ~12,000 population. The University of the South Pacific's Nauru Campus at the Nauru Learning Village focuses on teacher education and business training, drawing over 100 students to a recent Open Day, though the campus's engagement with USP's developing regional AI ethics policy remains a stated commitment without documented adoption or learning-outcome data specific to Nauru.
Drawn from: Family and Sexual Violence Legislation & Police FSV Unit · East Micronesia Cable System — Nauru's First International Submarine Fibre Link · University of the South Pacific's Regional AI Policy Reaches Its Nauru Campus at the Nauru Learning Village · Nauru's Topside Rehabilitation — A Statutory Corporation's Long Bid to Regrow Soil on Mined Land
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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
Documented learning +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Demonstrated reach +24 pts 100 here · 76 average
Sustainability (ongoing) +22 pts 100 here · 78 average
Equity & inclusion +17 pts 67 here · 50 average
Achievement / evidence +13 pts 100 here · 87 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +11 pts 100 here · 89 average
Weaknesses
Transparency, ethics & data protection -14 pts 33 here · 47 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced -14 pts 33 here · 48 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control -15 pts 33 here · 48 average
Innovation level -22 pts 40 here · 62 average
Evidence of learning impact -26 pts 0 here · 26 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced -27 pts 0 here · 27 average
Scalability & sustainability -29 pts 33 here · 62 average
Efficiency -32 pts 0 here · 32 average
Teacher capability & pedagogy -38 pts 0 here · 38 average
Evaluation evidence -49 pts 0 here · 49 average
Evaluated outcomes -78 pts 0 here · 78 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Nauru. 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
Family and Sexual Violence Legislation & Police FSV Unit · 74
East Micronesia Cable System — Nauru's First International Submarine Fibre Link · 68
Nauru's Topside Rehabilitation — A Statutory Corporation's Long Bid to Regrow Soil on Mined Land · 27
Each number is the practice's overall 0–100 quality score against its catalogue's rubric. Know more
Cities with evaluated practice
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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
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- 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
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- 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
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