Stabilization & Transition
In fragile and conflict-affected states, Abt navigates complex development and humanitarian challenges to support people on the frontlines and to develop conditions for sustainable peace and security. We start by analyzing and engaging with political settlements to understand the power dynamics and to identify politically feasible opportunities for change. Our established approaches include political economy analysis (PEA), gender-sensitive conflict analysis and adaptive management to understand the structural drivers of conflict and violence. We engage power brokers, including non-traditional actors, to facilitate coalitions with similar interests, to broker peace agreements and to initiate state building. Where conflict prevention isn’t possible, we use conflict resolution techniques and war damage assessments to stimulate and stabilize economic sectors, streamline supply chain management, to foster civilian peacebuilding and to improve evidence-informed decision-making as nations transition out of conflict.
Clients Include
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)
Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO)
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Our Work
Conflict prevention techniques and local partnerships that enabled malaria prevention services to insecure areas of Mali and Ethiopia
Our Experts
Insights
Helping Afghanistan’s Private Sector Maintain Health Products
The Sustaining Health Outcomes through the Private Sector Plus project in Afghanistan faces financial and logistical challenges from the Taliban’s takeover.
Blog
Agricultural Development: A Valuable Tool for Peacebuilding in Conflict Countries
This white paper, presented on the sixth anniversary of South Sudan’s independence, explores the transformational power of agriculture in the most fragile and bleak environments. It argues that agricultural development is a critical intervention for building healthy societies and establishing sustainable peace in the most conflict-prone countries. It encourages donors to initiate this type of assistance as soon as a modicum of stability is established. Otherwise, valuable time is lost as markets further collapse and the plight of smallholder farmers worsen.This paper suggests that agricultural development — because it directly addresses the fundamental causes of modern conflict — should not solely be a post-conflict activity but rather take place before and sometimes during conflict. Abt Global has been on the front lines of this issue as USAID's implementer for the Food, Agribusiness, and Rural Markets (FARM) projects in South Sudan from 2010 to 2016. This paper presents our experiences during those projects and shares the lessons we learned from working with thousands of farmers and hundreds of communities as we strove to introduce an alternative to conflict in the young and struggling nation of South Sudan.
Publication
Abt Refines Approach to Participatory Mapping for Land Governance in Indonesia
With more than 17,000 islands, Indonesia has always struggled to map its plentiful resources and boundaries. Few of the country’s 65,000 villages have legally demarcated boundaries. That hampers the flow of investment and public funding to rural areas…
Project
Abt Leads USAID’s Integrated Health Program in the DRC
Despite progress in health indicators, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) remains among the lowest-ranked countries in health outcomes such as maternal and neonatal mortality and vaccination coverage. Root causes include fiscal and capacity…
Project