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KOMPAK Strengthened Delivery of Core Services
Project
KOMPAK implemented a local-level development initiative to improve basic services and economic opportunities for poor and vulnerable Indonesians.
Sowing Commercial Interest in Homestead Gardening
Blog
Ramakrishnan Ganesan and Md. Ashraful Islam dive into how engaging the private sector has boosted the impact of our Feed the Future activity in Bangladesh.
Mozambique Agribusiness and Trade Competitiveness Program (AgriFUTURO)
Project
In 2011, roughly 80 percent of Mozambicans earning their living from subsistence farming; more than 44 percent suffered from chronic malnutrition, and 34 percent faced perpetual hunger. Farm productivity was among the lowest in the world. Farmers used…
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.
Evaluation of Bridges to Career Opportunities: Final Report
Publication
Abt evaluated LISC’s BCO program and found participants were 19 percentage points more likely to have a “job improvement.”
Latrine Businesses Prove Vital to Nutritional Health
Blog
Abt’s Ashfaq Enayetullah explains how commercial engagement furthers sanitation goals of our Feed the Future activity in Bangladesh and improves nutrition.
Working with the Private Health Sector in Ghana to Improve Service Delivery
Project
The Ghanaian government, partnering with USAID, seeks to improve private sector expertise in providing quality health services, including access to diarrhea treatment for children.
How Do We Keep Families Together? Strategies for Avoiding the Child Welfare System's "Deep End"
Podcast
In this podcast, Abt’s Ginger Pryor and Whitney Rostad explain how child welfare solutions can emerge from disaggregated data, community input, and silo-busting collaborations.
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.
USAID-funded Project Yields New Farm Businesses
Impact Brief
The Feed the Future Egypt Rural Agribusiness Strengthening Project’s internship program prepares trains young graduates to enter the agribusiness field.