What works in Samoa
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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 Samoa
Samoa has implemented several major development and governance initiatives documented in the evidence. A constitutional amendment guarantees women at least 10% of parliamentary seats, though women's representation remains among the lowest globally at 156th of ~180 parliaments as of January 2024. The country's national weather service now issues impact-based forecasts for cyclones and coastal flooding, with World Bank financing set to extend protection to approximately 180,000 Samoans (around 80% of the population). A US$20.05 million World Bank project is expanding climate-resilient fibre-optic networks and digital services to benefit an estimated 215,000 Samoans, while national STEM and ICT outreach programmes are working to close gender gaps in technology careers.
Drawn from: Constitutional Reserved-Seats Quota for Women in Parliament · Impact-Based Forecasting for Cyclones and Coastal Flooding — Samoa's AI-Assisted Early Warning System · Pacific Girls in ICT Day — Samoa's National AI Literacy, Cybersecurity and STEM Outreach Programme, Apia · Digitally Connected and Resilient Samoa Project · Small Business Development Project — Samoa's Loan-Guarantee and Business-Advisory Scheme for Micro and Small Enterprises · COL–NUS AI Helpdesk Cuts Support Wait Times for Samoa's Online Students · Vaisigano River Integrated Flood Management — Ecosystem-Based Catchment Resilience (Samoa)
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +50 pts 100 here · 50 average
Curator validation +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Inclusiveness / equity +25 pts 67 here · 42 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
Evaluated outcomes +16 pts 100 here · 84 average
Equity & inclusion +14 pts 67 here · 52 average
Teacher capability & pedagogy +13 pts 50 here · 37 average
Achievement / evidence +9 pts 100 here · 91 average
Weaknesses
Multi-stakeholder collaboration -9 pts 67 here · 76 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection -14 pts 33 here · 48 average
Innovation level -16 pts 47 here · 63 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability -20 pts 33 here · 54 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced -31 pts 0 here · 31 average
Efficiency -44 pts 0 here · 44 average
Evaluation evidence -45 pts 0 here · 45 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced -51 pts 0 here · 51 average
Documented learning -74 pts 0 here · 74 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding -91 pts 0 here · 91 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Samoa. 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
Constitutional Reserved-Seats Quota for Women in Parliament · 70
Digitally Connected and Resilient Samoa Project · 52
COL–NUS AI Helpdesk Cuts Support Wait Times for Samoa's Online Students · 47
Vaisigano River Integrated Flood Management — Ecosystem-Based Catchment Resilience (Samoa) · 33
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 Samoa 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
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
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
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