What works in Tuvalu
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Evidence snapshot for Tuvalu
Tuvalu has undergone significant digital and economic transformation through targeted infrastructure and governance reforms. Government-building bandwidth increased from 73 Mbps to engineering headroom beyond 10 Gbps following a US$29m World Bank grant and the October 2025 activation of the Vaka submarine cable, though no independent evaluation of downstream socioeconomic outcomes has yet been published. The nation has leveraged its .tv domain licensing as a major revenue stream, generating approximately US$10 million annually since a 2021 contract with GoDaddy, equivalent to roughly 8% of GNI. In parallel, Tuvalu has deployed AI-assisted satellite surveillance across its 750,000 km² exclusive economic zone to detect unlicensed fishing vessels, conducting nearly 60 scans since December 2021, though conviction and revenue-recovery figures remain unpublished.
Drawn from: The Tuvalu Vaka Cable: From 73 Mbps to a Connected Digital Nation · Tuvalu's Satellite Dark-Vessel Detection — AI-Assisted Fisheries Surveillance Across a 750,000 km² Ocean Territory · Gender Action Plan in Tuvalu's Coastal Adaptation Project (TCAP) · Tuvalu's .tv Domain Licensing — Turning a Two-Letter Country Code into a National Revenue Engine · Tuvalu's National Digital Twin — AI-Assisted Mapping of a Vanishing Coastline · Predator Free Pacific — Nukufetau & Funafuti Invasive Rat Eradication (Tuvalu) · University of the South Pacific's AI and ChatGPT Policy Reaches Its 330-Student, Nine-Atoll Tuvalu Campus
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Effectiveness +34 pts 100 here · 66 average
Impact on gender equality +30 pts 100 here · 70 average
Curator validation +27 pts 100 here · 73 average
Documented learning +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Demonstrated reach +24 pts 100 here · 76 average
Inclusiveness / equity +24 pts 67 here · 43 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced +19 pts 67 here · 48 average
Equity & inclusion +17 pts 67 here · 50 average
Achievement / evidence +13 pts 100 here · 87 average
Innovation level +12 pts 73 here · 62 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +11 pts 100 here · 89 average
Sustainability (ongoing) +11 pts 89 here · 78 average
Weaknesses
Transferability / replicability -10 pts 50 here · 60 average
Scalability beyond pilot -12 pts 50 here · 62 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection -14 pts 33 here · 47 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability -20 pts 33 here · 54 average
Evidence of learning impact -26 pts 0 here · 26 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced -27 pts 0 here · 27 average
Efficiency -32 pts 0 here · 32 average
Teacher capability & pedagogy -38 pts 0 here · 38 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration -40 pts 33 here · 74 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control -48 pts 0 here · 48 average
Evaluation evidence -49 pts 0 here · 49 average
Evaluated outcomes -78 pts 0 here · 78 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Tuvalu. 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
The Tuvalu Vaka Cable: From 73 Mbps to a Connected Digital Nation · 76
Gender Action Plan in Tuvalu's Coastal Adaptation Project (TCAP) · 70
Tuvalu's .tv Domain Licensing — Turning a Two-Letter Country Code into a National Revenue Engine · 48
Tuvalu's National Digital Twin — AI-Assisted Mapping of a Vanishing Coastline · 40
Predator Free Pacific — Nukufetau & Funafuti Invasive Rat Eradication (Tuvalu) · 33
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Cities with evaluated practice
Where the documented practice in Tuvalu 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