What works in Palau
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Evidence snapshot for Palau
Palau has deployed several digital-infrastructure and governance innovations with measurable results. A submarine fibre-optic cable commissioned in 2017 increased internet capacity more than tenfold, enabling nationwide 4G with download speeds up to 72 Mbps, and raising internet access from roughly 25% to wider adoption. An AI-powered customs system launched in January 2024 lifted customs revenue 20% year-on-year and cut goods clearance time from a full day to one to two hours. A linked online corporate and secured-transactions registry launched in January 2025 to enable movable-asset collateral for small firms, though post-implementation impact data is not yet available. An edge-AI catch-verification system for fisheries compliance was installed on its first vessel in May 2026, but no compliance-outcome data has yet been reported.
Drawn from: North Pacific Regional Connectivity Investment Project — Palau's Submarine Fibre-Optic Cable · ASYCUDAWorld Dynamic Selectivity — Palau's AI Customs Risk Engine Lifts Revenue 20% · Palau's Linked Online Corporate and Secured Transactions Registry · Edge AI Catch Verification — Palau's Onboard System for Tuna Longline Fisheries Compliance · Pristine Paradise Environmental Fee — Palau's Statutory Tourism Levy for Protected Areas · Palau's EDCR Gender, Age and Disability-Inclusive Disaster Risk Management Training · Palau's Satellite-Based Enforcement of the National Marine Sanctuary · 1,250 Tablets Bring Adaptive Math Software to Palau's Schools — With Lessons on What Training Gaps Cost
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +51 pts 100 here · 49 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced +36 pts 83 here · 48 average
Curator validation +27 pts 100 here · 73 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Documented learning +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Demonstrated reach +24 pts 100 here · 76 average
Inclusiveness / equity +24 pts 67 here · 43 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection +20 pts 67 here · 47 average
Transferability / replicability +15 pts 75 here · 60 average
Achievement / evidence +13 pts 100 here · 87 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +11 pts 100 here · 89 average
Governance, certification & transferability +11 pts 75 here · 64 average
Weaknesses
Evidence of impact / measured public value -13 pts 44 here · 57 average
Equity & inclusion -16 pts 33 here · 50 average
Sustainability (ongoing) -22 pts 56 here · 78 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced -27 pts 0 here · 27 average
Efficiency -32 pts 0 here · 32 average
Teacher capability & pedagogy -38 pts 0 here · 38 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control -48 pts 0 here · 48 average
Effectiveness -66 pts 0 here · 66 average
Impact on gender equality -70 pts 0 here · 70 average
Evaluated outcomes -78 pts 0 here · 78 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Palau. 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
North Pacific Regional Connectivity Investment Project — Palau's Submarine Fibre-Optic Cable · 92
ASYCUDAWorld Dynamic Selectivity — Palau's AI Customs Risk Engine Lifts Revenue 20% · 73
Palau's Linked Online Corporate and Secured Transactions Registry · 71
Edge AI Catch Verification — Palau's Onboard System for Tuna Longline Fisheries Compliance · 47
Pristine Paradise Environmental Fee — Palau's Statutory Tourism Levy for Protected Areas · 40
Palau's EDCR Gender, Age and Disability-Inclusive Disaster Risk Management Training · 37
Palau's Satellite-Based Enforcement of the National Marine Sanctuary · 33
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Cities with evaluated practice
Where the documented practice in Palau 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
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- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 4 other places
Karya — Fair-Wage AI Data-Work Platform Bringing Digital Income to Rural India · fit 100/100
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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
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