What works in Rwanda
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Evidence snapshot for Rwanda
Rwanda has implemented several large-scale programmes to strengthen women's economic security and political participation. Land titling that registers parcels in both spouses' names produced a ~19 percentage point increase in investment by female-headed households, while a constitutional gender quota of ≥30% in elected positions raised women's representation in Parliament to 63.8% by 2024—the world's highest. To extend digital government services beyond smartphone-owning populations, Rwanda deployed 7,000+ field agents and a feature-phone USSD interface, raising independent online completion of applications from 31% to 41% between 2022 and 2023. These practices demonstrate Rwanda's focus on inclusion across tenure, representation, and digital access, though the evidence does not quantify outcomes in rural livelihoods, service quality, or persistence of customary barriers to women's land rights.
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 Ambassadors Programme (Rwanda) · Bandebereho — Gender-Transformative Fathers' and Couples' Programme · Carnegie Mellon University Africa: A $275.7M Partnership for African Tech Talent Retention · Rwanda's Gender Budget Statements — National-to-District Gender-Responsive Budgeting
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +56 pts 100 here · 44 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +36 pts 87 here · 50 average
Demonstrated reach +24 pts 100 here · 76 average
Effectiveness +23 pts 100 here · 77 average
Inclusiveness / equity +20 pts 62 here · 42 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration +20 pts 96 here · 76 average
Impact on gender equality +20 pts 100 here · 80 average
Evaluated outcomes +16 pts 100 here · 84 average
Evidence of learning impact +12 pts 40 here · 28 average
Teacher capability & pedagogy +9 pts 47 here · 37 average
Achievement / evidence +9 pts 100 here · 91 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +9 pts 100 here · 91 average
Weaknesses
Governance, certification & transferability -10 pts 55 here · 64 average
Documented learning -14 pts 60 here · 74 average
Efficiency -19 pts 25 here · 44 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
Rwanda's Gender Budget Statements — National-to-District Gender-Responsive Budgeting · 85
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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
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
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 6 other places
Stadtidee Aarau — Switzerland's First City-Wide Participatory Budget Using the Method of Equal Shares · fit 90/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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
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