Letter from Our CEO
In 1965, Clark Abt set out to build a company grounded in evidence, driven by mission, and serious about solving hard problems. For 60 years, that vision has anchored what we do.
We’ve adapted across time—through progress and pivots, policy shifts and a pandemic—but why we do this work will never change. We show up because we believe in the power of practical solutions to improve people’s lives worldwide.
Our Mission Impact Reports honor the changes we influence around the world. We don’t do it alone. These achievements come from strong partnerships with our clients, partners, and communities across the U.S. and in dozens of countries. Together, we make a difference.
Whether working with farmers, health workers, housing leaders, or national policymakers, we lead with resilience and stay focused on results. In the U.S., we streamlined systems that help farmers access $6.4 billion in capital and conservation resources. In Egypt and Papua New Guinea, we helped smallholders increase productivity and forge new commercial partnerships.
We’ve provided evidence to support health care delivery transformations for Medicare. We supported a statewide housing plan in Wyoming grounded in local priorities and rural character. We helped the UK government shape foreign aid in Nepal through an adaptive, integrated strategy. In Mozambique, we sustained six years of HIV progress, with twice as many people on treatment, while transitioning operational leadership to the national government. We supported EPA’s final rules that keep drinking water safe, delivering the data and analysis now protecting more than 100 million Americans.
And we know that no system matters if it can’t be sustained. That’s why we keep investing in Abt—modernizing how we work, embracing technology not for shortcuts, but as lasting investments. Because smarter tools, used wisely, help us move faster for the people who need us.
Through global shifts, budget cuts, and generational change, this is how we've remained driven and mission-aligned. Sixty years in, our momentum comes from the same place it always has: a deep belief in what’s possible—and a team that keeps proving it.
All the best,
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Impact 2025
From Crisis to Control: Sustained Impact of U.S. HIV Investments in Mozambique
In Mozambique, the largest transition to locally led HIV program in the world is underway.
From Experiment to Action: How Medicare is Transforming Cancer Care
Cancer is one of the most expensive and complex conditions to treat. But can better care for cancer patients also cost less?
Coastal Resilience Powered by Open Data and Modern Tools
For the Department of the Interior, streamlined data access and user-friendly tools that strengthen coastal protection, marine minerals access, and environmental resilience.
Addressing Cumulative Air Pollution in Massachusetts
Supporting Massachusetts in developing cumulative impact analysis and protective air permitting tools.
Does a Pay-For-Results Approach Advance Agricultural Development?
Abt’s decade-long evaluation of AgResults explains how its approach works (and doesn’t) to spur uptake of commercial innovations in emerging economies.
US Investment Unlocks Trade-Ready Opportunities in Egypt
Egypt’s agriculture sector is becoming a commercially viable trade partner—with lower post-harvest losses, higher yields, and more private investment from U.S.-aligned firms.
Smoke-Free Cocoa Opens Premium Export Opportunities for PNG
A low-cost solar innovation is raising incomes, reducing labour, and putting Papua New Guinea’s smallholder cocoa growers on the premium export map.
When Data Improves Lives: Tackling Nutrition with Better Systems
Strengthening community systems to detect malnutrition early and ensure all children in Timor-Leste have a healthy start.
Going Local in Climate Finance Flows
Abt’s targeted support to national and regional institutions enables them to secure funding directly from the Green Climate Fund, making it more responsive, equitable, and effective.
From Theory to Practice: Toward a Portfolio Approach To Aid Delivery
From 2020-2025, PMEL helped FCDO Nepal cultivate a portfolio approach to aid delivery, building synergies across individual programs and strengthening their collective contribution to higher-level strategic goals.
Provincial Leadership Means Better Health Services in Papua New Guinea
Improved provincial financial governance is boosting health services, efficiency, and donor trust across Papua New Guinea with support from Abt.
Feeding the Nation: How Innovation Fuels American Agriculture
America’s farmers feed our families and care for the land, whether they manage a few acres or thousands. Across the country, amid shrinking margins, producers face challenges in accessing loans, responding to disasters, and navigating federal assistance. USDA’s partnership with Abt Digital Solutions is making it easier for them to stay productive and steward America’s land.
Wyoming’s Plan to Promote Housing and Economic Development
Abt developed a strategic housing action plan, story map, and tool that will help Wyoming implement solutions for its housing affordability challenges.
Local Health System Sustainability Project (LHSS)
Abt helped 25 countries reform their own health financing, improve access to and quality of health services, and prevent and contain disease outbreaks.
Abt’s Approach to Practical AI Adoption for Government
Abt’s AI advisory services help agencies move beyond pilots to AI adoption through structured implementation, strong governance, & workforce enablement.