What works in Palau
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Evidence snapshot for Palau
Palau has undertaken three major digital and governance infrastructure projects with measurable results. A submarine fibre-optic cable commissioned in 2017 increased internet capacity more than tenfold, enabling nationwide 4G with reported download speeds up to 72 Mbps, though internet access remains modest in absolute terms given Palau's small population of roughly 18,000–20,000. The deployment of ASYCUDAWorld's AI customs risk engine in January 2024 achieved a sustained 20% year-on-year increase in customs revenue and reduced goods clearance time from a full day to one to two hours. An early-stage edge AI catch-verification system for tuna longline vessels was installed on its first vessel in May 2026 with an independent-benchmarked 6% catch-count error rate, though no compliance-outcome data has yet been published.
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% · 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
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +54 pts 100 here · 46 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced +50 pts 100 here · 50 average
Documented learning +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Curator validation +25 pts 100 here · 75 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration +25 pts 100 here · 75 average
Inclusiveness / equity +24 pts 67 here · 42 average
Demonstrated reach +24 pts 100 here · 76 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection +19 pts 67 here · 48 average
Transferability / replicability +16 pts 75 here · 60 average
Achievement / evidence +10 pts 100 here · 90 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +9 pts 100 here · 91 average
Weaknesses
Evidence of impact / measured public value -14 pts 44 here · 59 average
Equity & inclusion -19 pts 33 here · 52 average
Sustainability (ongoing) -23 pts 56 here · 78 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced -30 pts 0 here · 30 average
Teacher capability & pedagogy -37 pts 0 here · 37 average
Efficiency -42 pts 0 here · 42 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control -50 pts 0 here · 50 average
Effectiveness -76 pts 0 here · 76 average
Impact on gender equality -78 pts 0 here · 78 average
Evaluated outcomes -84 pts 0 here · 84 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
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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
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
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
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