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Reducing Early Childhood Obesity Impact Study
Publication
RECO significantly reduced early childhood obesity in Los Angeles County.
Uzbekistan Launches New TB Funding Mechanism
Impact Brief
Uzbekistan is moving from paying TB hospitals based on occupied beds to compensation based on the number of patients treated.
Developing the COBRA Health Impacts Screening and Mapping Tool
Project
Estimating and monetizing public health benefits from reductions in emissions can be a complicated process requiring expertise in air quality modeling, health impact valuation and the monetization of health benefits. Because of this, researchers,…
Assessing the Impacts of Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico
Project
The Deepwater Horizon disaster contaminated habitats across the northern Gulf of Mexico, including deep water corals, shallow bays, estuaries, coastal marshes and beaches. The spill affected wildlife ranging from birds to dolphins to sea turtles. The…
Climate Impacts and Risk Assessment (CIRA) Modeling
Project
Abt Global’s staff has developed and implemented spatially specific modeling approaches for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to quantify, and often estimate the cost of, the impacts of climate change on a number of sectors and dynamics in…
Improving Access to Basic Services in Senegal
Project
Senegal’s government services in education, health, and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) face continued challenges that slow the country’s progress toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Lack of access to data-driven systems prevents…
Estimated impacts and net benefits of Family Self Sufficiency programs administered by Compass Working Capital in partnership with local housing agencies (2021)
Publication
Quasi-experimental evaluations of Compass FSS programs show sustained positive impacts for participants and cost-effectiveness for the program.
Policy Briefs on HUD’s Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) program
Publication
These briefs explore the policy implications of Abt’s evaluations of Compass Working Capital’s financial capability model of the Family Self-Sufficiency program.