What works in Pakistan
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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 Pakistan
Pakistan has implemented multiple large-scale social protection and financial inclusion programmes targeting women and vulnerable populations. BISP reaches over 6.1 million female household heads across 149 districts and reduced poverty by 7 percentage points, while Ehsaas Emergency Cash disbursed stipends to approximately 15 million households with 53.96% of payments going directly to women through biometric cashpoints. Financial service providers like JazzCash have iteratively redesigned their agent networks to include female entrepreneurs, growing from a 99.9% male agent base to reaching 830 women through initiatives like the Guddi Baji pilot. Digital accessibility has also advanced, with DeafTawk delivering over 1.5 million minutes of sign-language interpretation to approximately 54,000 monthly active users.
Drawn from: Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) — Targeted Cash Transfer to Female Heads of Household · JazzCash Guddi Baji to Connected Women — Iterative Female-Agent Design for Women Micro-Entrepreneurs in Pakistan · DeafTawk — Deaf-Founded Sign-Language Interpretation Platform in Pakistan · Ehsaas Emergency Cash — Biometric Cashpoints Removing the PIN Barrier for Low-Literacy Women in Pakistan · Easypaisa — Branchless Banking at Scale in Pakistan, With a Persistent Gender Usage Gap · DigiSkills – National Free Online Digital Skills Training Programme · Orangi Pilot Project — Community-Financed Sewerage for a Karachi Squatter Settlement · Lahore's IoT-and-AI Waste Route Optimisation — 32% Route Efficiency Gain Across 10 Pilot Sites
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +51 pts 100 here · 49 average
Demonstrated reach +24 pts 100 here · 76 average
Evaluated outcomes +22 pts 100 here · 78 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced +13 pts 61 here · 48 average
Equity & inclusion +13 pts 62 here · 50 average
Sustainability (ongoing) +13 pts 90 here · 78 average
Transferability / replicability +12 pts 72 here · 60 average
Evidence of impact / measured public value +10 pts 67 here · 57 average
Documented learning +9 pts 83 here · 74 average
Scalability & sustainability +8 pts 70 here · 62 average
Weaknesses
Teacher capability & pedagogy -13 pts 25 here · 38 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection -18 pts 29 here · 47 average
Achievement / evidence -20 pts 67 here · 87 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding -22 pts 67 here · 89 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Pakistan. 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
Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) — Targeted Cash Transfer to Female Heads of Household · 96
DeafTawk — Deaf-Founded Sign-Language Interpretation Platform in Pakistan · 96
Easypaisa — Branchless Banking at Scale in Pakistan, With a Persistent Gender Usage Gap · 88
DigiSkills – National Free Online Digital Skills Training Programme · 88
Orangi Pilot Project — Community-Financed Sewerage for a Karachi Squatter Settlement · 86
Lahore's IoT-and-AI Waste Route Optimisation — 32% Route Efficiency Gain Across 10 Pilot Sites · 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 Pakistan 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
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
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
Guyana's One-Third Gender Candidate Quota — Two Decades of Sustained Representation · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Serbia's 40% Electoral Gender Quota — From One-in-Three to Near-Parity Party Lists (2020-2025) · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Bogotá's Care Blocks (Manzanas del Cuidado) · 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