What works in Philippines
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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 Philippines
The Philippines has deployed multiple inclusive-access initiatives: Virtualahan has trained 1,000+ persons with disabilities as digital freelancers since 2015, achieving 98% completion and ~60% employment at 60% above minimum wage, while the Free Wi-Fi for All programme has established 25,000+ public access points, including 900 dedicated to geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas. Gender-responsive budgeting is mandated by law: the Magna Carta of Women requires ≥5% of every agency's budget for Gender and Development, with PHP 807.64 billion tagged for GAD in 2023, though only PHP 442.5 billion was actually utilised. However, web accessibility compliance across national agencies averages only 53%, despite the 2017 adoption of WCAG 2.0 standards, indicating incomplete implementation of digital inclusion policy.
Drawn from: Virtualahan — Universal-Design Digital Skills Training and Jobs for Persons with Disabilities · Free Wi-Fi for All – Philippines National Internet Access Programme · Philippines Magna Carta of Women (RA 9710, 2009) — Mandatory 5% Gender Budget Across All Government Agencies · DICT Memorandum Circular 2017-004 — The Philippine Web Accessibility Policy · Community Mortgage Program — The Philippines' Community Land-Purchase Financing Scheme · QBO Innovation Hub — Philippines' Multi-Agency Startup Accelerator · BOB — The Philippine Central Bank's AI Chatbot Now Automates 89% of 14.4 Million Annual Complaints · Women and Children Protection Units (WCPU) — Philippines' Hospital-Based One-Stop GBV and Child Abuse Response Network
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Demonstrated reach +24 pts 100 here · 76 average
Effectiveness +23 pts 100 here · 77 average
Impact on gender equality +20 pts 100 here · 80 average
Inclusiveness / equity +18 pts 60 here · 42 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration +18 pts 93 here · 76 average
Evaluation evidence +15 pts 60 here · 45 average
Transferability / replicability +9 pts 69 here · 59 average
Achievement / evidence +9 pts 100 here · 91 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +9 pts 100 here · 91 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability +9 pts 62 here · 54 average
Equity & inclusion +8 pts 61 here · 52 average
Weaknesses
Evaluated outcomes -10 pts 75 here · 84 average
Innovation level -10 pts 53 here · 63 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced -10 pts 40 here · 50 average
Documented learning -14 pts 60 here · 74 average
Efficiency -19 pts 25 here · 44 average
Curator validation -24 pts 50 here · 74 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Philippines. 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
Virtualahan — Universal-Design Digital Skills Training and Jobs for Persons with Disabilities · 96
Free Wi-Fi for All – Philippines National Internet Access Programme · 92
DICT Memorandum Circular 2017-004 — The Philippine Web Accessibility Policy · 84
Community Mortgage Program — The Philippines' Community Land-Purchase Financing Scheme · 81
QBO Innovation Hub — Philippines' Multi-Agency Startup Accelerator · 81
BOB — The Philippine Central Bank's AI Chatbot Now Automates 89% of 14.4 Million Annual Complaints · 80
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 Philippines 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