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Abt’s data value chain, including responsible Artificial Intelligence (AI), shapes practical, actionable insights for our clients’ decision-making. These data and tools have empowered public health surveillance, predicted PFAS blood levels and delays in nursing care, and analyzed thousands of surveys through natural language processing (NLP). Our data analytics and AI experts work within rigorous methods to ensure accuracy and optimize processes, clearing a path for positive impact in everything from healthcare to agriculture.

Abt uses agile and human-centered design practices coupled with data analytics to provide the best digital solutions to transform systems, policies, and lives. We design and deliver interactive digital solutions using robust change management practices, a large partner ecosystem, and embedded security policies. We integrate fairness into every phase of our application development process, from initial team building and requirements gathering to testing and deployment.

Abt Global generates evidence to help clients address tough challenges—in education, housing, child welfare, employment, and health. Our researchers implement effective and efficient processes to collect and analyze vast amounts of data, producing frequently cited studies. Does a program reduce food insecurity and improve nutrition? Does a vaccine wane in effectiveness against a new virus variant? Our global interdisciplinary teams—research methodologists, statisticians, ethnographers, economists, epidemiologists, data scientists, and implementation research scientists— help policymakers answer such questions. They assess whether programs work to improve people’s lives, and if not, how to best resolve them.

Abt Global’s monitoring expertise is a pivotal element in our robust approach, enabling superior outcomes and providing time-sensitive data for informed decision-making in contexts around the world. Abt generates high-quality data that help craft theories of change, assess program performance, and design surveys and monitoring, evaluation, and learning systems for complex data management. Our monitoring approach uses qualitative and quantitative methods to facilitate reflective learning and adaptive management. From health and environment to housing and agriculture, Abt’s experts use fit-for-purpose approaches to generate usable insights for resilient, sustainable, and secure societies.

Abt Global's qualitative and mixed methods research methods are at the core of our mission to deliver rigorous research and data. We tailor our methodological and data collection approach to answer our clients’ questions, and reflect communities' real-life complexities. From systematic data sampling to interviews and focus groups, we develop insights that inform policy and program decisions that are efficient and effective.

Abt specializes in cutting-edge quantitative methods research, including diverse methodologies for program evaluation, randomized control trials, quasi-experiments, and systematic evidence reviews. Our experts produce insightful analyses that support evidence-based decision making across sectors. From policy analysis to program assessment, our rigorous quantitative techniques uncover insights that help our partners build resilient, sustainable, and fair policies and programs.

​​​Abt Global’s data-driven,​ equity-focused methods enable us to tackle our clients’ complex and large-scale technical assistance and implementation tasks. We protect millions in Africa against malaria, guide U.S. homelessness policies, and build systems to track and prevent the next pandemic. Our expertise includes capacity building and training, change management, service and program delivery, strategic planning and implementation, quality improvement processes, and community sustainability​. We span cultures, geographies, and sectors to collaborate with clients and communities as they plan, design, implement, and evaluate policies. Throughout our engagements, we commit to developing solutions alongside communities most ​impacted, deepening equitable, population-tailored results.

Abt’s capacity building, learning, and development strategies generate, deliver, and continuously evaluate an array of targeted learning and training experiences. We carefully collect and curate data and research to provide evidence-informed practices as we transfer knowledge and skills to individuals and organizations. Our professional and organizational development approaches give learners the ability to execute their mandates, and provide efficient and effective programs and services.

For stronger programs that generate cutting-edge, comprehensive solutions, Abt collaborates with government agencies and ministries, their beneficiaries, Tribes, and other organizations on program design and implementation. We provide the full range of technical assistance to improve operational effectiveness and efficiency and to enhance program performance. We apply a cross-cutting lens in strategy development and planning, natural resource damage assessments, services mapping, and technical analyses. In addition, we assist organizations across the data lifecycle, from designing a data-use strategy to measuring and reporting performance to evaluate projects and identify areas for improvement. We also support mobilization of financial resources and program management.

Abt delivers regulatory guidance and policy support to federal, state, and local agencies developing or implementing new standards and regulations in public health and safety, environmental quality and education. We conduct regulatory and policy analysis to enhance programs, services, and technology. Our databases, models, and tools withstand scientific and public scrutiny, and we provide rulemaking support to meet tight timelines. Our economic impact analysis studies and other data-driven evaluations aid in policy planning and development.