What works in Panama
6 evaluated practices · All catalogues
Evidence snapshot for Panama
Panama has invested in large-scale digital infrastructure and teacher training to expand internet access and digital competency. Internet para Todos deployed 1,320 Wi-Fi access points reaching an estimated 80–84% of the population at a cost of B/.21.6 million, while Entre Pares 5.0 trained 1,550 lead teachers who cascade-trained approximately 52,000 in-service teachers across all 16 educational regions in 2025. Beyond digital initiatives, Panama's Canal Authority has run a 21-year reforestation incentive programme that restored 10,846 hectares in the watershed supplying drinking water to 1.3 million people. However, the evidence is largely descriptive and self-reported; the teacher-training programme and a WhatsApp COVID-19 chatbot lack independently verified outcomes on actual classroom practice, student learning, or service effectiveness.
Drawn from: Internet para Todos – Red Nacional Internet 2.0 (Panama) · Entre Pares 5.0 — Panama's National Teacher AI and Digital Literacy Cascade Programme · Panama Canal Authority Watershed Reforestation Incentive Programme · Dr. R.O.S.A. — Panama's WhatsApp AI Chatbot for COVID-19 Screening and Its Quiet Shutdown · Gender Parity Law and Its 'Escape Clause' — Panama's Electoral Code · Nürüm Indigenous Reforestation & Carbon Payment Pilot — Ngäbe-Buglé Comarca (Panama)
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +0.67
Teacher capability & pedagogy +0.52
Demonstrated reach +0.265
Curator validation +0.25
Evaluated outcomes +0.163
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +0.129
Transparency, fairness & accountability +0.12
Equity & inclusion +0.11
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +0.098
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced +0.095
Weaknesses
Fire resilience — risk reduction, evidenced -0.099
Governance, certification & transferability -0.138
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced -0.216
Transparency, ethics & data protection -0.251
Innovation level -0.256
Transferability / replicability -0.271
Sustainability (ongoing) -0.314
Efficiency -0.517
Documented learning -0.724
Effectiveness -0.811
Impact on gender equality -0.827
Achievement / evidence -0.927
Top good practices here
Internet para Todos – Red Nacional Internet 2.0 (Panama) · 68
Entre Pares 5.0 — Panama's National Teacher AI and Digital Literacy Cascade Programme · 67
Panama Canal Authority Watershed Reforestation Incentive Programme · 53
Dr. R.O.S.A. — Panama's WhatsApp AI Chatbot for COVID-19 Screening and Its Quiet Shutdown · 47
Gender Parity Law and Its 'Escape Clause' — Panama's Electoral Code · 37
Nürüm Indigenous Reforestation & Carbon Payment Pilot — Ngäbe-Buglé Comarca (Panama) · 33
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