What works in Solomon Islands
4 evaluated practices · All catalogues
Evidence snapshot for Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands has experienced significant telecommunications and internet infrastructure development over the past 15 years. Market competition reforms cut mobile call prices roughly 60% and lifted telecom access from 11% to 54% of the population by 2013, while the Coral Sea Cable System and domestic fibre network, operational since December 2019, coincided with internet penetration rising from ~11% (2017) to 42.5% by January 2025. In marketplace settings, women dominate as vendors (75–90%) and have been the focus of leadership, safety and infrastructure programmes, with an estimated US$10–16 million in annual value generated at Honiara's unregulated community markets alone, where women earn roughly 90% of that income. However, the evidence does not quantify broader employment, poverty or gender-equality outcomes beyond these sectoral snapshots.
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 & Solomon Islands Domestic Network · Babatana Rainforest Conservation Project — Choiseul Province, Solomon Islands
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +0.67
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced +0.595
Transferability / replicability +0.396
Governance, certification & transferability +0.306
Demonstrated reach +0.265
Curator validation +0.25
Effectiveness +0.189
Sustainability +0.186
Impact on gender equality +0.173
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced +0.118
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +0.098
Weaknesses
Fire resilience — risk reduction, evidenced -0.099
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control -0.205
Documented learning -0.224
Efficiency -0.517
Evaluated outcomes -0.837
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 & Solomon Islands Domestic Network · 72
Babatana Rainforest Conservation Project — Choiseul Province, Solomon Islands · 60
Recommended to adopt or replicate
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