What works in Rwanda
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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 Rwanda
Rwanda has implemented three major institutional reforms with documented results. Land titling that includes women's names reached near-universal coverage by 2013 and produced a ~19 percentage point increase in investment among female-headed households, demonstrating that resolving women's tenure insecurity drives economic response. A constitutional gender quota of ≥30% in all elected positions has raised women's parliamentary representation to 63.8% by 2024, the world's highest. IremboGov's multi-channel e-government platform serves citizens through web, app, USSD text interface, and 7,000+ agents, processing over 25 million applications to date and reducing processing times from ~5 days to 24 hours—though the practices do not quantify how many citizens remain excluded by low digital literacy (53% reported) or offline access barriers.
Drawn from: Rwanda's Land Tenure Regularization Programme — Titling Land in Women's Names · Rwanda's Constitutional Gender Quota and Gender Monitoring Office · IremboGov's Last-Mile Agent Network and USSD Interface — Designing E-Government for Rwanda's Low-Literacy, Offline Citizens · IremboGov — Rwanda's Web, App and USSD Multi-Channel Design for a Low-Smartphone Population · Digital Umuganda — Building Open Voice Data and AI Services for Kinyarwanda, Rwanda's National Language · Digital Ambassadors Programme (Rwanda) · Bandebereho — Gender-Transformative Fathers' and Couples' Programme · Carnegie Mellon University Africa: A $275.7M Partnership for African Tech Talent Retention
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +51 pts 100 here · 49 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +33 pts 81 here · 48 average
Demonstrated reach +24 pts 100 here · 76 average
Effectiveness +23 pts 89 here · 66 average
Evaluated outcomes +22 pts 100 here · 78 average
Impact on gender equality +19 pts 89 here · 70 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration +17 pts 91 here · 74 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced +14 pts 62 here · 48 average
Achievement / evidence +13 pts 100 here · 87 average
Evidence of learning impact +13 pts 39 here · 26 average
Inclusiveness / equity +12 pts 55 here · 43 average
Equity & inclusion +12 pts 61 here · 50 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +11 pts 100 here · 89 average
Weaknesses
Transparency, ethics & data protection -8 pts 39 here · 47 average
Efficiency -9 pts 22 here · 32 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Rwanda. 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
Rwanda's Land Tenure Regularization Programme — Titling Land in Women's Names · 100
Rwanda's Constitutional Gender Quota and Gender Monitoring Office · 96
IremboGov — Rwanda's Web, App and USSD Multi-Channel Design for a Low-Smartphone Population · 96
Digital Ambassadors Programme (Rwanda) · 92
Bandebereho — Gender-Transformative Fathers' and Couples' Programme · 89
Carnegie Mellon University Africa: A $275.7M Partnership for African Tech Talent Retention · 86
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 Rwanda 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
- 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
Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (2021) — Mandatory Salary Transparency and Pay Equity · 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