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Spotlight On: Transitioning Local Organizations to Self-Sufficiency
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As a provider of technical assistance (TA), Abt recognizes that the measure of our success ultimately is the ability of TA recipients to operate on their own.
Playing the Long Game: Strengthening the Private Health Sector in Ethiopia
Impact Brief
Over 15 years, Abt has led successive USAID projects that have helped strengthen Ethiopia’s private health sector.
Exploring the Impacts of the HOPE VI Program on Surrounding Neighborhoods
Project
In 2002 through 2003, Abt Global conducted a study for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development of HOPE VI redevelopment projects' effects on their surrounding neighborhoods. Abt Global conducted case studies of HOPE VI grants in five cities…
Evaluating Summer Nutrition Assistance for Children
Project
The Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) pilots have operated since 2011 to provide grocery assistance to households with eligible children during summer months when millions of U.S. children lose access to free or reduced-price school lunches. Abt…
Do Year-Round Schools Work? Three Questions to Ask
Blog
Abt’s Cara Jackson offers three tips to help educators determine if year-round instruction is desirable—and feasible—for their students.
COVID-19 Study of Hospitalized Older Adults
Project
Older adults are at high risk for contracting novel coronavirus and for developing severe illnesses if infected. To inform policy starting early in the COVID-19 pandemic, CDC needed more data on medical care for hospitalized patients 50 or older in rural…
Spotlight On: Digital Solutions for Global Development
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Associations Between Spouse and Service Member Prescriptions for High-Risk and Long-Term Opioids: A Dyadic Study
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Studying the Moving to Work Demonstration Program
Project
Under federal law enacted in the 1990s, a limited number of public housing agencies (PHAs) have received demonstration authority under which they may experiment with alternatives to the standard rules under which the Housing Choice Voucher and public…
Spotlight On: Machine Learning
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Abt uses machine learning to do things that until recently would have been impossible, such as categorizing a vast amount of unstructured text into main themes or counting mosquito eggs from a smartphone picture using image recognition.