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's evidence base demonstrates impact across social protection, digital inclusion, and infrastructure. BISP's targeted cash transfers to 6.1 million female household heads across 149 districts reduced poverty by 7 percentage points, while Ehsaas Emergency Cash used biometric payments to reach approximately 15 million households during COVID-19, directing 54% of payments directly to women. DigiSkills trained over 800,000 women in digital skills, with graduates generating $1.65 billion in freelancing export revenues, and the Orangi Pilot Project enabled over one million residents to build self-financed sewerage at roughly one-fifth of municipal contractor costs. These practices show scalable models for poverty reduction, women's economic empowerment, and community-led infrastructure, though the evidence presented is primarily observational or descriptive rather than from rigorous experimental evaluation.
Drawn from: Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) — Targeted Cash Transfer to Female Heads of Household · DeafTawk — Deaf-Founded Sign-Language Interpretation Platform in Pakistan · Ehsaas Emergency Cash — Biometric Cashpoints Removing the PIN Barrier for Low-Literacy Women in Pakistan · 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 · JudgeGPT — a Nationwide Randomized Trial of Generative AI for Pakistan's Trial-Court Judges · Delta Blue Carbon — Indus Delta Mangrove Restoration (Pakistan)
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Efficiency +56 pts 100 here · 44 average
Evaluation evidence +55 pts 100 here · 45 average
Documented learning +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Curator validation +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
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
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +16 pts 67 here · 50 average
Evaluated outcomes +16 pts 100 here · 84 average
Transferability / replicability +13 pts 73 here · 59 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced +11 pts 42 here · 31 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
Teacher capability & pedagogy -21 pts 17 here · 37 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection -25 pts 22 here · 48 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
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
JudgeGPT — a Nationwide Randomized Trial of Generative AI for Pakistan's Trial-Court Judges · 80
Delta Blue Carbon — Indus Delta Mangrove Restoration (Pakistan) · 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.
Copenhagen Business Hub (Erhvervshus Hovedstaden) · fit 90/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Ushahidi — Kenya's Crowdsourced Crisis-Mapping Platform · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Ciudad Mujer — El Salvador's Integrated Women's Services Programme · fit 100/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
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
Already adopted in 4 other places
Digital Green — Video-Mediated Agricultural Extension · fit 100/100
- Backed by strong evidence
Kartu Prakerja – National Digital Skills and Financial Inclusion Programme · fit 100/100
- Backed by strong evidence
Smart City Wien Framework Strategy · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- 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
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