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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…

Maps of Ocean County, New Jersey developed by Abt Global’s staff. These maps show a comparison between 1995 wetland habitat and modeled habitat by 2195, under a scenario with 0.35 inches of accelerated sea level rise and no shoreline protection.  In 2009…

The goal of domestic violence high risk response teams (DVHRTs) is to reduce domestic violence homicide and severe multiple assaults. But little is known about how to measure and evaluate the performance of these programs.

From 2012 to 2015, the research team including Abt Global and SRI International studied the implementation of a new system to improve educator effectiveness in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The research was conducted for the Massachusetts Department…

In its 2016 edition of Climate Change Indicators in the United States, more than 40 indicators of climate change demonstrate that global warming is already affecting the environment and society worldwide. The report, supported in part with data from Abt…

Existing and emerging drug-use problems can surprise and overwhelm community systems and resources. An accurate understanding of a community’s drug-use problem needs to include the full range of people arrested who may who use drugs, from recreational…

As affordable housing shrinks and poverty persists—particularly in the wake of COVID-19—California continues to face a complex homelessness crisis. To get a true understanding of the scope and nature of the challenge, the California Legislature passed a…

The U.S. Department of Education has instituted 19 Comprehensive Centers, each committed to advancing educational outcomes for all students. The Centers work primarily with State Education Agencies (SEA) to build capacity in four areas: human,…

There has been little research on women who are pregnant, give birth, or experience a pregnancy termination or loss while in prison or jail. Understanding the health and well-being of pregnant people who are incarcerated at the federal, state, and local…

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…