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This article shows a modest increase in property crimes in Washington State neighborhoods where legal marijuana retail stores open.

Abt is evaluating guaranteed income pilots in several cities, including Baltimore. In this piece, Abt researchers Hannah Thomas and Randall Juras explain that we’ll be collecting “data on everything from spending to housing effects to more ‘squishy’ questions like the effects on peoples’ mental health and time spent with family,” which, of course, we’ll share in our findings.

Many medium and large cities in developing countries lack the capacity to adequately manage solid waste. Limited awareness of best practices for waste management and lack of access to key technical resources are key barriers to improvement. 

This essay by Abt’s Cara Jackson is to establish a framework for democratizing evidence to support the needs of communities served by educational institutions.

The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the U.S., encompassing 64,000 square miles and covering parts of six states and Washington DC. In the 1970s, the Bay was discovered to have one of the world’s first identified marine dead zones. Poor water…

Abt evaluated the delivery and impact of the MA ECSO initiative which helps early education leaders and educators improve the quality of their practice.