What works in Solomon Islands
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Evidence snapshot for Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands has experienced significant gains in telecommunications and internet access over the past 15 years. Mobile market competition introduced in 2010 cut call prices roughly 60% — from $1.20 to under $0.50 for a three-minute local call by 2013 — and telecom access grew from 11% to 54% of the population by May 2013. Internet penetration rose from approximately 11-12% in 2017 to 42.5% by January 2025, following the December 2019 arrival of the Coral Sea Cable System, though fixed broadband still reaches mainly government, corporate and education users. Additionally, women vendors dominate Solomon Islands' marketplace economy, comprising 75-90% of vendors in major markets, with an estimated annual value of Honiara's unregulated community markets of 10-16 million, approximately 90% earned by women.
Drawn from: Solomon Islands Telecommunications and ICT Development Project · Markets for Change (M4C) — Women's Leadership & Safety in Solomon Islands' Marketplaces · Coral Sea Cable System — ending Solomon Islands' satellite-only internet era · Coral Sea Cable System & Solomon Islands Domestic Network · Family Support Centre & SAFENET — Solomon Islands' National Referral Network for Survivors of Gender-Based Violence · Babatana Rainforest Conservation Project — Choiseul Province, Solomon Islands · YECSI Incubate Better — UNCDF-Backed Capacity Building for a Youth-Led Incubator in Solomon Islands · Solomon Islands' ICT for Education Master Plan 2026-2030 — A National AI-Governance and Safeguards Framework
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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
Impact on gender equality +30 pts 100 here · 70 average
Demonstrated reach +24 pts 100 here · 76 average
Inclusiveness / equity +24 pts 67 here · 43 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced +23 pts 50 here · 27 average
Transferability / replicability +15 pts 75 here · 60 average
Governance, certification & transferability +14 pts 78 here · 64 average
Achievement / evidence +13 pts 100 here · 87 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +11 pts 100 here · 89 average
Sustainability +11 pts 89 here · 78 average
Weaknesses
Innovation level -8 pts 53 here · 62 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection -14 pts 33 here · 47 average
Evidence of learning impact -15 pts 11 here · 26 average
Scalability & sustainability -15 pts 47 here · 62 average
Effectiveness -16 pts 50 here · 66 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability -20 pts 33 here · 54 average
Curator validation -23 pts 50 here · 73 average
Evaluated outcomes -28 pts 50 here · 78 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control -31 pts 17 here · 48 average
Efficiency -32 pts 0 here · 32 average
Evidence of impact / measured public value -40 pts 17 here · 57 average
Documented learning -41 pts 33 here · 74 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Solomon Islands. 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
Solomon Islands Telecommunications and ICT Development Project · 92
Markets for Change (M4C) — Women's Leadership & Safety in Solomon Islands' Marketplaces · 78
Coral Sea Cable System — ending Solomon Islands' satellite-only internet era · 72
Coral Sea Cable System & Solomon Islands Domestic Network · 72
Babatana Rainforest Conservation Project — Choiseul Province, Solomon Islands · 60
YECSI Incubate Better — UNCDF-Backed Capacity Building for a Youth-Led Incubator in Solomon Islands · 48
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 Solomon Islands 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
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