What works in Timor-Leste
4 evaluated practices · All catalogues
Evidence snapshot for Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste has achieved significant progress in political representation and rural connectivity. A mandatory 1-in-3 zipper quota on electoral lists raised women's share of parliament from under 20% before 2006 to 40% in the June 2023 election, double the Asia-Pacific average. The government has installed Starlink satellite terminals at roughly 450 rural suco (village) headquarters nationwide, with speeds up to 222 Mbps in Baucau municipality, as an interim measure ahead of a planned 1,500km fibre-optic backbone due to begin construction in 2026. An AI-assisted drought anticipatory action system developed by FAO and Timor-Leste's government matched observed drought conditions over 80% of the time during backtesting (2011–2022), addressing a critical vulnerability in a country where 79% of households depend on crop production.
Drawn from: Timor-Leste Electoral Zipper Quota — One Woman in Every Three Candidates · Starlink Rural Connectivity for Timor-Leste's Sucos · Combined Drought Index — Timor-Leste's AI-Assisted Anticipatory Action System for Agricultural Drought · Halo Verde — Timor-Leste Community Forest Carbon Project
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +0.67
Efficiency +0.483
Documented learning +0.276
Demonstrated reach +0.265
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced +0.262
Curator validation +0.25
Effectiveness +0.189
Impact on gender equality +0.173
Evaluated outcomes +0.163
Transparency, fairness & accountability +0.12
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +0.098
Weaknesses
Fire resilience — risk reduction, evidenced -0.099
Transferability / replicability -0.104
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control -0.205
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced -0.216
Sustainability -0.314
Top good practices here
Timor-Leste Electoral Zipper Quota — One Woman in Every Three Candidates · 96
Starlink Rural Connectivity for Timor-Leste's Sucos · 72
Halo Verde — Timor-Leste Community Forest Carbon Project · 40
Recommended to adopt or replicate
Transferable practices from elsewhere that address this place's gaps.
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Digital Green — Video-Mediated Agricultural Extension · fit 125
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Kartu Prakerja – National Digital Skills and Financial Inclusion Programme · fit 125
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LISTA — Tablet-Based Financial Education for Cash-Transfer Recipients · fit 125
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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