What works in Panama
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Evidence snapshot for Panama
Panama has invested substantially in digital inclusion and innovation infrastructure. Internet para Todos deployed 1,320 free public Wi-Fi access points reaching an estimated 80–84% of the population, while Ciudad del Saber has grown into a major innovation district hosting 260+ organisations, generating 11,378 jobs and roughly $314M in annual value-added, with 300+ startups incubated in five years. However, web accessibility remains a significant challenge: a 2018 audit of 46 websites found 14,571 WCAG 2.0 errors, with an 80% failure rate on content-adaptability and up to 52% on robustness among insurance-sector sites, despite Law 15 of 2016 requiring accessible public-sector websites.
Drawn from: Panama's Law 15 Web-Accessibility Mandate Meets a 14,571-Error Reality Check · Ciudad del Saber — Panama's 25-Year Conversion of a Former U.S. Military Base into an Innovation District · Internet para Todos – Red Nacional Internet 2.0 (Panama) · Ciudad del Saber — Converting a US Military Base into an Innovation District · Entre Pares 5.0 — Panama's National Teacher AI and Digital Literacy Cascade Programme · Panama's Gender Equality Seal (Sello de Igualdad de Género) for Companies · Panama Equips Every Public-School Teacher with Offline-Capable AI Laptops in a $44m, World-First National Rollout · Panamá Conecta's AI-Built Fuel Subsidy Platform — Rapid Development, National-Scale Uptake
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +51 pts 100 here · 49 average
Teacher capability & pedagogy +29 pts 67 here · 38 average
Curator validation +27 pts 100 here · 73 average
Demonstrated reach +24 pts 100 here · 76 average
Equity & inclusion +17 pts 67 here · 50 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +11 pts 100 here · 89 average
Weaknesses
Evidence of learning impact -10 pts 17 here · 26 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection -14 pts 33 here · 47 average
Transferability / replicability -16 pts 44 here · 60 average
Governance, certification & transferability -16 pts 48 here · 64 average
Innovation level -16 pts 45 here · 62 average
Documented learning -24 pts 50 here · 74 average
Evaluated outcomes -28 pts 50 here · 78 average
Efficiency -32 pts 0 here · 32 average
Achievement / evidence -37 pts 50 here · 87 average
Effectiveness -66 pts 0 here · 66 average
Impact on gender equality -70 pts 0 here · 70 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Panama. 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
Panama's Law 15 Web-Accessibility Mandate Meets a 14,571-Error Reality Check · 84
Internet para Todos – Red Nacional Internet 2.0 (Panama) · 68
Ciudad del Saber — Converting a US Military Base into an Innovation District · 67
Entre Pares 5.0 — Panama's National Teacher AI and Digital Literacy Cascade Programme · 67
Panama's Gender Equality Seal (Sello de Igualdad de Género) for Companies · 56
Panamá Conecta's AI-Built Fuel Subsidy Platform — Rapid Development, National-Scale Uptake · 53
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Cities with evaluated practice
Where the documented practice in Panama 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