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Learning for Land: Supporting Sustainable Land Governance Worldwide
Project
The DSU is the learning partner of the Land Facility, facilitating knowledge production and exchange within and beyond the programme to support adaptive decision making.
Moving to Work: Incentivizing Landlords in the Housing Choice Voucher Program
Project
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program provides voucher subsidies that enables low-income households to select the type of housing and location that meets their needs. However, the HCV program…
Measuring Photo-Induced Toxicity of North West Shelf Oil in Australia
Project
Photo-induced toxicity of crude oil occurs when ultraviolet light (UV) contacts certain photo-active polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which act as catalysts and produce reactive oxygen species. When this reaction occurs in the tissues of…
Managing Opioid Use and Misuse in Older Adults
Project
Older adults are twice as likely as the general population to have pain, and clinicians often rely on opioid treatment. As a result, opioid use, misuse, and opioid use disorder have increased among older adults, who are vulnerable to adverse reactions…
Better Insight on Methane Emissions with SWEET Tool
Impact Brief
Having graduated from EPA’s peer review process, the Abt-designed SWEET tool has been updated to better identify and resolve methane emissions.
Enabling Evidence-Informed Donor Decision-Making in Nepal
Project
Foreign aid delivery is often siloed within narrow sectors or individual programmes, leading to a dearth of evidence about the aggregate effectiveness of aid. The British Embassy Kathmandu (BEK) supports Nepal in a range of thematic areas, including…
How to Make Federal Justice Data More User Friendly
Blog
Abt is making federal justice data more user friendly through better visualization and filtering capabilities.
Estimating the Prevalence of ‘Doctor Shopping' for Prescription Drugs
Project
Misuse of opioid analgesics threatens public health and results in rising numbers of overdose deaths and admissions to emergency departments and treatment facilities. In the absence of adequate patient information systems, patients who engage in “doctor…