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Does a Pay-For-Results Approach Advance Agricultural Development?

Impact Brief
Abt’s decade-long evaluation of AgResults explains how its approach works (and doesn’t) to spur uptake of commercial innovations in emerging economies.
High School Counseling and College Financial Aid

High School Counseling and College Financial Aid

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This report from Abt and Anlar finds correlations between meeting with a high school counselor, FAFSA completion, and receipt of need-based grants for college.
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Developing the Data To Help Prevent Birth Defects

Project
Birth defects are the leading cause of infant mortality in the United States, accounting for 20 percent of all infant deaths in 2018. Approximately 3 percent of babies born in the United States are affected by a major genetic or structural birth defect…
Student Outcomes and Charter Schools in New Mexico

Student Outcomes and Charter Schools in New Mexico

Project
Prior studies of charter schools have focused on different types of charter schools than those in New Mexico. For example, many prior research studies elsewhere have focused on charters in urban and suburban areas or on charters run by charter management…
Evaluating Prize Competitions Around the World

Evaluating Prize Competitions Around the World

Project
The AgResults initiative was created by five donors after the 2010 G20 summit. The donors recognized that their resources alone could not significantly reduce poverty in the world’s poorest countries. They created AgResults to test whether pay-for…
Abt Leads USAID’s Integrated Health Program in the DRC

Abt Leads USAID’s Integrated Health Program in the DRC

Project
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…