What works in Sierra Leone
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Evidence snapshot for Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone has implemented several evidence-based interventions across health, governance and education. Free healthcare for pregnant women, lactating mothers and under-fives since 2010 increased institutional deliveries from 27% to 57% between 2008–2013 and contributed to a 74% fall in maternal mortality ratio (1,682 to 443 per 100,000 live births) by 2020, though wealth-based inequity persists. A 2022 Gender Equality Act mandating 30% women's representation in politics and public service achieved 30.4% of directly elected parliamentary seats by 2023, one of Africa's fastest legislated gains, though private-sector compliance remains unmonitored. AI-powered population mapping enabled a 2022 HPV vaccination campaign to administer 177,141 doses—115% of the modelled target of 153,991 girls—within a single week, and an 8-week trial of AI math tutoring showed a +0.258 SD gain, though benefits concentrated among higher-baseline students.
Drawn from: Sierra Leone's Free Health Care Initiative for Pregnant Women, Lactating Mothers and Under-Fives · Sierra Leone's Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment (GEWE) Act, 2022 · GRID3 — Sierra Leone's AI-Powered Population Mapping for Vaccination Micro-Planning · Gemini Guided Learning — A Pre-Registered RCT of AI Math Tutoring in Port Loko District, Sierra Leone · theTeacher.AI — WhatsApp AI teaching assistant for Sierra Leonean teachers in low-connectivity schools · DIPC Digital Literacy Training for Frontline Immunization Officers · Sierra Leone's GIS-Supported Teacher Deployment Algorithm · Gola Rainforest REDD+ Project (Sierra Leone)
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +0.643
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced +0.609
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced +0.45
Documented learning +0.272
Demonstrated reach +0.252
Curator validation +0.25
Evidence of learning impact +0.229
Equity & inclusion +0.221
Transparency, ethics & data protection +0.194
Effectiveness +0.189
Teacher capability & pedagogy +0.187
Transferability / replicability +0.173
Impact on gender equality +0.173
Evaluated outcomes +0.163
Scalability & sustainability +0.144
Governance, certification & transferability +0.143
Transparency, fairness & accountability +0.12
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +0.098
Weaknesses
Fire resilience — risk reduction, evidenced -0.095
Sustainability (ongoing) -0.145
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control -0.186
Efficiency -0.517
Top good practices here
Sierra Leone's Free Health Care Initiative for Pregnant Women, Lactating Mothers and Under-Fives · 85
Sierra Leone's Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment (GEWE) Act, 2022 · 85
GRID3 — Sierra Leone's AI-Powered Population Mapping for Vaccination Micro-Planning · 80
DIPC Digital Literacy Training for Frontline Immunization Officers · 72
Sierra Leone's GIS-Supported Teacher Deployment Algorithm · 67
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 125
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
SASA! Community Mobilisation Programme against Intimate Partner Violence — Uganda · fit 125
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
Digital Green — Video-Mediated Agricultural Extension · fit 125
- Backed by strong evidence
Kartu Prakerja – National Digital Skills and Financial Inclusion Programme · fit 125
- Backed by strong evidence
Rwanda's Land Tenure Regularization Programme — Titling Land in Women's Names · fit 115
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
Copenhagen Business Hub (Erhvervshus Hovedstaden) · fit 115
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
Abolition of Chhaupadi — Ending Menstrual Exile Huts in Nepal's Far- and Mid-Western Districts · fit 107
- Rated highly transferable