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Teen Pregnancy Prevention Study Finds Benefits
Project
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) wanted to determine if teen pregnancy prevention programs with limited prior evidence of effectiveness can work when replicated with different populations and in different settings. HHS contracted with…
Do Year-Round Schools Work? Three Questions to Ask
Blog
Abt’s Cara Jackson offers three tips to help educators determine if year-round instruction is desirable—and feasible—for their students.
Sustainable Systems Strengthening: “There Are No Cookie Cutter Solutions”
Blog
Midori de Habich is technical director of the Abt-led Local Health System Sustainability Project (LHSS), USAID’s global flagship activity in health systems strengthening.
Study of Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants
Project
As the U.S. Department of Education seeks to provide better and more equitable education to all students, assessing the implementation and effectiveness of funded programs is a necessary component of its efforts. That’s why the agency is conducting a…
Mitigating Pollution from Solid Waste
Project
Cities in developing countries often lack the technical capacity, financial resources and technologies to improve solid waste management. They are often paralyzed by the rapidly growing rates at which waste is generated and needs to be disposed, and…
Engaging Nepal’s Private Health Sector to Improve Health Outcomes
Impact Brief
Public-private collaboration and strengthening the private sector can help Nepal achieve health goals—and opportunities to do more are emerging.
The Policy Maker’s Handbook for Measurement, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) in the Biogas Sector
Publication
On behalf of the Global Methane Initiative, Abt helped the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency develop a handbook to assist with accounting for methane emissions and emissions reduction.
Healthy Military Families Undergird National Readiness
Impact Brief
The only DoW-wide longitudinal study on U.S. military family health has generated vital evidence to inform programs, policies, and support services critical to family stability and force readiness.
New Methods for Assessing AmeriCorps Alumni Outcomes: Final Survey Technical Report
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