What works in Papua New Guinea
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Quality scores are 0–100 rubric scores; “strong evidence” reflects study design; adoptions count documented replications elsewhere. Know more
Evidence snapshot for Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea has seen targeted infrastructure and service expansion in recent years. A rural communications subsidy built 59 solar-powered base stations that extended mobile coverage from ~20% to ~90% and gave an estimated 500,000 rural residents first-time telephony access, while a biometric identity pilot enrolled 2,548 unbanked farmers (47% women) in bank accounts without requiring internet or electricity. An AI-assisted tuberculosis screening campaign on Daru Island detected 69 confirmed TB cases at a rate of 853 per 100,000 screened, and a national REDD+ programme verified 17M tCO₂e of avoided deforestation, generating USD 63.4M in climate finance with 60% (~USD 38M) directed to customary landowners and communities. However, the evidence does not quantify broader outcomes in health, security, or economic development beyond these specific interventions.
Drawn from: Papua New Guinea Rural Communications Project · Digital Bank ID Card Pilot — Village-Chief-Vouched Biometric Identity for Unbanked Farmers in Papua New Guinea · SWEEP-TB — AI Chest X-Ray Screening Confronts Hidden Tuberculosis on Daru Island, Papua New Guinea · Papua New Guinea National REDD+ Programme — GCF Results-Based Payment · Family and Sexual Violence Units - Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary · SevisPass — Papua New Guinea's TECH5-Built National Digital Identity System · SME Access to Finance Project — Papua New Guinea's Risk-Share Loan Guarantee Facility, and Its Overstated Results · Shortlisting in 30 Minutes — Papua New Guinea's AI-Driven Digital Recruitment System
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +55 pts 100 here · 45 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced +47 pts 78 here · 31 average
Documented learning +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Curator validation +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Inclusiveness / equity +25 pts 67 here · 42 average
Demonstrated reach +24 pts 100 here · 76 average
Evaluated outcomes +16 pts 100 here · 84 average
Achievement / evidence +9 pts 100 here · 91 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +9 pts 100 here · 91 average
Weaknesses
Multi-stakeholder collaboration -9 pts 67 here · 76 average
Equity & inclusion -11 pts 42 here · 52 average
Sustainability (ongoing) -12 pts 67 here · 78 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection -14 pts 33 here · 48 average
Scalability beyond pilot -16 pts 48 here · 64 average
Evidence of learning impact -20 pts 8 here · 28 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control -39 pts 11 here · 50 average
Efficiency -44 pts 0 here · 44 average
Effectiveness -77 pts 0 here · 77 average
Impact on gender equality -80 pts 0 here · 80 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Papua New Guinea. 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
Papua New Guinea Rural Communications Project · 92
SWEEP-TB — AI Chest X-Ray Screening Confronts Hidden Tuberculosis on Daru Island, Papua New Guinea · 67
Papua New Guinea National REDD+ Programme — GCF Results-Based Payment · 67
Family and Sexual Violence Units - Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary · 63
SevisPass — Papua New Guinea's TECH5-Built National Digital Identity System · 60
Shortlisting in 30 Minutes — Papua New Guinea's AI-Driven Digital Recruitment System · 53
Each number is the practice's overall 0–100 quality score against its catalogue's rubric. Know more
Cities with evaluated practice
Where the documented practice in Papua New Guinea 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
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
Copenhagen Business Hub (Erhvervshus Hovedstaden) · fit 90/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Abolition of Chhaupadi — Ending Menstrual Exile Huts in Nepal's Far- and Mid-Western Districts · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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