What works in Puerto Rico
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Evidence snapshot for Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico faces significant digital and economic challenges alongside targeted government interventions. About 30% of residents lack home internet access, a quarter lack computing devices, and median household income is $21,967—less than a third of the U.S. median, though a $9.8M federal Digital Equity Capacity Grant now funds literacy and Navigator programs. On economic development, Parallel18's government-backed accelerator has graduated 500+ startups generating $502.3M in cumulative revenue and over 800 jobs since 2015. However, gender-based violence remains a persistent crisis: a 62% rise in femicides between 2019–2020 prompted a 2021 state-of-emergency declaration with $7M in funding, yet the advisory committee lapsed by 2022 and 72 femicides were recorded in 2023, illustrating incomplete policy follow-through.
Drawn from: Parallel18 — Puerto Rico's Government-Backed Bridge Accelerator · Puerto Rico's 2021 State of Emergency on Gender-Based Violence · Puerto Rico Digital Equity Capacity Grant Implementation · AI + WhatsApp on Puerto Rico's 311 Citizen Service Line · Act 60 Resident Investor Incentive — Puerto Rico's Tax-Driven Relocation Programme
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +55 pts 100 here · 45 average
Documented learning +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Curator validation +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Evaluated outcomes +16 pts 100 here · 84 average
Achievement / evidence +10 pts 100 here · 90 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +9 pts 100 here · 91 average
Evidence of impact / measured public value +8 pts 67 here · 59 average
Weaknesses
Inclusiveness / equity -9 pts 33 here · 42 average
Transferability / replicability -10 pts 50 here · 60 average
Innovation level -16 pts 47 here · 63 average
Scalability beyond pilot -19 pts 44 here · 64 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability -20 pts 33 here · 54 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration -42 pts 33 here · 76 average
Efficiency -43 pts 0 here · 43 average
Sustainability -62 pts 17 here · 78 average
Governance, capability & sustainability -64 pts 0 here · 64 average
Demonstrated reach -76 pts 0 here · 76 average
Effectiveness -76 pts 0 here · 76 average
Impact on gender equality -80 pts 0 here · 80 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Puerto Rico. 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
Parallel18 — Puerto Rico's Government-Backed Bridge Accelerator · 71
Puerto Rico's 2021 State of Emergency on Gender-Based Violence · 52
Puerto Rico Digital Equity Capacity Grant Implementation · 48
AI + WhatsApp on Puerto Rico's 311 Citizen Service Line · 27
Act 60 Resident Investor Incentive — Puerto Rico's Tax-Driven Relocation Programme · 24
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 Puerto Rico 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
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
Step-by-Step — Refugee-Redesigned Digital Mental Health App, Trialled Nationally in Lebanon · 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