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The statistics are head-turning: The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has an estimated $24 trillion in untapped mineral deposits, yet the sixth highest poverty rate in the world. Its health outcomes are similarly out of line with its wealth.

For a decade, Abt Global has worked to understand the impact and prevent the spread of the disease in the United States and abroad, including in low- and middle-income countries.

Abt Global is the world’s largest provider of interventions to track and control malaria, protecting millions of people annually in nearly 30 countries.

As countries decentralize their systems and service delivery, Abt Global has a fruitful legacy of partnering with sub-national governments and communities to strengthen transparency, citizen engagement, and local governance. Our experts build capacity and responsiveness at all levels to support the political, administrative, and economic processes of decentralized government. We support the building of bridges between civil society and government for a collaborative model of governance. Abt’s insights support evidence-informed policymaking that responds to challenges in health, environment, and economic development.

Abt Global facilitates economic growth that enhances the competitiveness of high-growth industries, empowers local stakeholders, and advances the green economy around the world. Our market-driven approaches link enterprises to markets, facilitate innovative financing, expand trade, mobilize private sector resources, and promote a supportive enabling environment. We partner with host governments, private investors, enterprises, and local organizations to drive public-private collaboration that supports innovation and encourages investment. Our collaborations bolster transparent governance, and promote and ensure sound environmental stewardship--all prerequisites for sustainable economic development.

For the SNAP to Skills (S2S) technical assistance initiative of USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service, Abt is partnering with the project lead, the Seattle Jobs Initiative, to create tools and resources for states to develop demand-driven Supplemental…