What works in El Salvador
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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 El Salvador
El Salvador has piloted several integrated public services and digital-inclusion initiatives. Ciudad Mujer's six co-located service centres increased women's public-services use by 43% and life satisfaction by 8 percentage points in a randomised controlled trial, while Chivo Wallet achieved roughly 50% household download adoption but sustained only ~5% of economy-wide Bitcoin sales, with 60%+ of early downloaders making no further transactions after the sign-up bonus. The country has also launched pilot programmes in teacher training for AI and robotics (ARK Educate trained close to 600 teachers across two departments) and urban heat-island mitigation, though the latter remains at early stage without published quantified heat-reduction outcomes.
Drawn from: Ciudad Mujer — El Salvador's Integrated Women's Services Programme · Chivo Wallet: El Salvador's Government Digital Payments Rollout · San Salvador Heat-Island Living Lab — IDB 'Cities for All' Co-Creation Pilot · ARK Educate — Cathie Wood's Robotics and AI Teacher-Training Pilot in La Libertad and Morazán, El Salvador · SIGES Alerta Temprana — El Salvador's Self-Audited School Dropout Early-Warning System · FIAES Rio Lempa Watershed PES - El Salvador Debt-for-Nature Conservation Programme · Seguro de Vida Verde — Insurance-Linked Mangrove Restoration in Barra de Santiago, El Salvador · Grok Goes to School — El Salvador's Nationwide xAI Rollout Launches Without a Public Governance Framework
Generated from this place's cited practices only. Always check the linked sources.
Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Efficiency +56 pts 100 here · 44 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +33 pts 83 here · 50 average
Documented learning +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Curator validation +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Inclusiveness / equity +25 pts 67 here · 42 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration +24 pts 100 here · 76 average
Demonstrated reach +24 pts 100 here · 76 average
Effectiveness +23 pts 100 here · 77 average
Impact on gender equality +20 pts 100 here · 80 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced +19 pts 50 here · 31 average
Teacher capability & pedagogy +18 pts 56 here · 37 average
Evaluated outcomes +15 pts 100 here · 85 average
Achievement / evidence +9 pts 100 here · 91 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +9 pts 100 here · 91 average
Weaknesses
Scalability & sustainability -8 pts 56 here · 64 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection -14 pts 33 here · 48 average
Evidence of learning impact -17 pts 11 here · 28 average
Transferability / replicability -18 pts 42 here · 60 average
Governance, certification & transferability -31 pts 33 here · 64 average
Evidence of impact / measured public value -37 pts 22 here · 59 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability -54 pts 0 here · 54 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: El Salvador. 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
Ciudad Mujer — El Salvador's Integrated Women's Services Programme · 100
Chivo Wallet: El Salvador's Government Digital Payments Rollout · 92
Conectadas: Tigo's Mobile Digital-Skills Platform for Women Across Central America · 68
San Salvador Heat-Island Living Lab — IDB 'Cities for All' Co-Creation Pilot · 57
SIGES Alerta Temprana — El Salvador's Self-Audited School Dropout Early-Warning System · 53
FIAES Rio Lempa Watershed PES - El Salvador Debt-for-Nature Conservation Programme · 53
Seguro de Vida Verde — Insurance-Linked Mangrove Restoration in Barra de Santiago, El Salvador · 47
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 El Salvador concentrates — each city has its own evidence profile.
Recommended to adopt or replicate
Transferable practices from elsewhere that address this place's gaps.
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
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
Copenhagen Business Hub (Erhvervshus Hovedstaden) · fit 90/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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
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
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