2024 Mission Impact Report
At Abt, Impact means changes for people, organizations, systems, and the planet that promote meaningful progress towards our Mission. Our Mission Impact Reports share insights into how we make this happen every day.
Letter from Our CEO
As we approach Abt’s 60th anniversary, we celebrate many achievements that demonstrate our perseverance to bring the best solutions to complex challenges. Through massive geopolitical and social shifts, we remain committed to our mission and our values, always focused on improving the lives of those most in need.
This year, we officially became Abt Global. While our name has changed, our commitment to addressing the world’s most pressing problems remains the same. Changing our name underscores the scope of our mission to improve the quality of life and economic well-being of people worldwide. It honors both the impact of our founder Clark Abt’s dream and the relationships we’ve built and nurtured around the globe.
And, more recently, we joined forces with TSPi, an award-winning digital solutions firm that is now a Division of Abt Global. This deepens our ability to deliver transformative data-driven insights and end-to-end capabilities our clients are asking for to accelerate their impact. With TSPi’s forward-leaning expertise, we will advance citizen-centric, real-time solutions that put data into the hands of people and policymakers around the world for change.
Our Impact
Decades of Research Shapes Housing Assistance in the U.S.
Housing is the backbone of wellbeing, affecting everything from health to food security to child development.
Building a Self-Reliant Energy Sector in Mongolia
Mongolia’s electricity and heating sectors face numerous challenges: reliance on coal-fired plants and an antiquated infrastructure that struggles to meet demand.
Energy Transparency and Data Accessibility
Do you want to know the relationship between your electricity usage and the environment?
Power and Clean Energy for Health
Across sub-Saharan Africa, over 100,000 health facilities lack access to reliable electricity and internet connections.
Universal Social Assistance for Women and Children of Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste is one of Asia’s newest nations. Since independence in 2002, it has made significant development progress.
Collaborative Approaches for Preventing Child Abuse in the U.S.
The number of children who are victims of maltreatment in the United States fell for five years in a row, from 2016 to 2021, according to a report released by the Children’s Bureau (CB) at the Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families (ACF) in 2023.
Community Awareness Leads to Citizen Engagement in Tanzania
Tanzania is moving swiftly on the journey toward self-reliance. But despite tremendous economic growth and progress, many Tanzanians face challenges accessing public services.
Cocoa for Improved Livelihoods in Bougainville
For over a century, cocoa has been a huge part of Bougainville, an autonomous region in Papua New Guinea (PNG).
Our Approach to Mission Impact
We are a mission-driven organization focused on improving the quality of life and economic well-being of people worldwide.
Good Health
We advance public health, improve integrated primary health care services, fight infectious diseases, strengthen health systems and resilience, enhance community engagement, and expand public-private sector engagement in health. Whether it’s maternal and child health, mental health, global health security, or cancer – we deliver evidence-based solutions to improve people’s health worldwide.
Thriving Environment
We solve environmental challenges around the world to expand clean energy, improve the availability of clean water and sanitation, promote sustainable management of natural resources, and advance environmental quality for all. We do all of this to strengthen sustainable and resilient livelihoods for people globally.
Secure Economies
Through policy, evidence generation, technical assistance and digital innovation we expand agricultural production, strengthen market systems, advance workforce development, strengthen educational outcomes, and improve economic opportunities for people worldwide. We do so because improving the economic well-being of people is a core element of our mission.
Equal Opportunity
Ensuring equal access to opportunities is foundational to Abt's work. We amplify approaches that address social challenges and communities' expressed needs. From program and policy design, to training and capacity development, we collaborate with those most impacted to create positive and lasting change for all.
Effective Governance
To support effective governance for just, secure societies, Abt brokers partnerships among governments, public-private coalitions, civil society organizations, and communities to calibrate and lead programs and policies responsive to local needs. We believe in the importance of locally-driven solutions to influence and sustain positive change.
Good Health
Health Systems Resilience through Local Solutions in DRC
Two provinces in the Democratic Republic of Congo are trying to bridge the gap between potential wealth and the nation’s critical health needs. The country has always possessed two major reservoirs of potential: a diverse and vibrant population and vast mineral wealth.
No matter if we are here or not, these communities are finding solutions for their own problems. We need to really build on the systems they have already.
Local financing for health mobilized in DRC through IHP-supported advocacy.
Thriving Environment
Emissions Data at Our Fingertips
Secure Economies
Thirst for Change in Bangladesh
Iron. Arsenic. Salt. E. coli. Impurities in drinking water are a daily reality for millions of Bangladeshis. What is the value of safe, reliable drinking water? And how can private companies support the provision of services often perceived as free public goods?
with improved water, sanitation and hygiene practices and technologies in Bangladesh
with improved nutritional practices in Bangladesh
Equal Opportunity
Decades of Research Shapes Housing Assistance in the U.S.
Housing is the backbone of wellbeing, affecting everything from health to food security to child development.
Effective Governance
What Ukraine’s Future Entrepreneurs Need to Succeed
Ukraine’s micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) employ 70% of the country’s workers and represent half of its gross domestic product.
Our People and Operations
Ethics and Governance
At Abt Global, ethics and integrity guide everything we do. Our new compliance and quality systems ensure consistency, transparency, and trust—helping us deliver impactful work while staying true to our mission of improving lives worldwide.
This year, we officially became Abt Global. While our name has changed, our commitment to addressing the world’s most pressing problems with agility remains the same.
Since our founding in 1965, Abt has partnered with small businesses globally, not only to bolster economic growth among these companies but because many have proved to be exceptional partners.
Our Communities
Our Communities
At Abt, our values and mission mean we care about humanitarian crises wherever they may occur as well as our neighbors closer to home.