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Market-Based Solutions to Improve Nutrition in Tanzania
Project
In Tanzania, children are especially vulnerable to malnutrition: 42 percent of the country’s children under age five suffer from stunting, anemia, and other micronutrient deficiencies. Tuboreshe Chakula (Swahili for Let’s Improve Food) was a USAID-funded…
Amplifying EPA’s Heat Island Reduction Program
Project
Structures such as buildings and roads, absorb and re-emit much more of the sun’s heat than do natural landscapes such as forests and bodies of water. Urban areas with highly concentrated structures become “islands” of higher temperatures compared to…
Supporting Aging in Place Through IWISH: Second Interim Report from the Evaluation of the Supportive Services Demonstration
Publication
Abt’s second of three reports on HUD’s IWISH demonstration documents implementation of the IWISH model; experiences of staff, property owners, and residents in IWISH; and compares IWISH to offerings at a comparison group of properties.
Examining Variation in Hospice Visits by Professional Staff in the Last 2 Days of Life
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The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation's Youth Substance Use Prevention and Early Intervention Strategic Initiative
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How Can We Eradicate Infectious Diseases Using Machine Learning?
Podcast
In this month’s episode, Abt experts Jill Berkowitz and Sung-Woo Cho discuss how machine learning can amplify our work combatting malaria—25 million people protected to date—by applying what we’ve learned to other infectious diseases.
The Cost of Administering the Housing Choice Voucher Program
Project
The Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program is the federal government’s largest low-income housing assistance program. It gives 2.1 million households subsidies to rent units in the private market. The 2,300 public housing agencies (PHAs) that administer…
Instituto del Progreso Latino’s Carreras en Salud Program: Six-Year Impact Report
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The Carreras en Salud program boosted Latino adult employment healthcare and increased receipt of healthcare credentials but had no detectable effect on earnings.
School, Work, and Waiting: The Activities of PACE Control Group Participants
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Innovative Strategies for Increasing Self-Sufficiency Career Pathways Profile: Washington's Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training (I-BEST) Program in Three Colleges
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