Guiding Knowledge
Breaking Silos, Building Bridges
Our world's problems are not siloed. Abt's local and global teams cross boundaries and disciplines to forge integrated solutions for equitable outcomes and lasting change at the necessary scale.
We connect our expertise—in health, housing, economic growth, education, environment, governance, and more—to our equity, digital, research, and technical assistance services for transformative approaches to today's multilayered challenges.
Our Expertise
How We're Doing
Our work is cross-disciplinary, and our impact often is too. See below recent results and outcomes of our research, tools, technical assistance, and program implementation.
HETA: Powering Health with Clean Energy in Africa
Across sub-Saharan Africa, at least 100,000 health facilities lack access to reliable electricity and internet connections. This gap threatens health when clinics can’t keep the lights on for nighttime services or reliably provide patients with oxygen…
Managing Opioid Use and Misuse in Older Adults
Older adults are twice as likely as the general population to have pain, and clinicians often rely on opioid treatment. As a result, opioid use, misuse, and opioid use disorder have increased among older adults, who are vulnerable to adverse reactions…
Abt Expands Work with EPA on Toxics and Pollution Prevention
Abt is extending our 33-year relationship with EPA’s OPPT via a five-year, $100 million IDIQ contract to support toxic chemical regulatory work.
From Pilot to Policy: Five Things to Know about Summer EBT
States can roll out summer grocery programs in 2024 for students eligible for subsidized school lunches, and here are five things states need to know.
Strengthening Service Delivery Systems in Northern Ghana
Ghana has made tremendous gains in improving its citizens’ wellbeing, halving the number of people living in poverty and improving chronic malnutrition rates. Yet Northern Ghana lags, as it is home to 75% of the country’s poorest citizens, and food…
Leadership Development & Systems Thinking in the Charter School Sector
Public charter schools may operate independently of local district requirements, but a systems-thinking approach to leadership development still makes sense.
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Undergirding our proven expertise are the services we offer clients. Read more about them here or at the button below. Or click Work with Us to start a conversation.
Innovations & Tools
As we test and refine technologies and methodologies, we adapt them for other clients and contexts, including through our Solutions Accelerator. Most of our tools support underserved or underrepresented populations.
Digital & Data Platforms
Data science is at the heart of our work. We apply cutting-edge versions of tools--natural language processing, generative AI, chatbots, drones, and more—to our clients’ needs. And we use data storytelling and visualization to provide evidence-based insights that inform decision making.
Equity
We partner with communities to create and implement approaches that address social inequities, disparities, and their expressed needs while supporting systems and policies that offer inclusive, accessible opportunities to all.
Research, Monitoring & Evaluation
Our innovative, equity-focused, and adaptable approaches include systematic evidence reviews and randomized controlled trials. We conduct research that engages and uplifts the voices of impacted communities and explores tough questions.
Technical Assistance & Evaluation
To meet clients’ complex and large-scale tasks, we offer capacity building and training, change management, service and program delivery, strategic planning and implementation, quality improvement processes, and community sustainability.
Communications & Marketing
With a keen eye for branding, coupled with evidence-based practices grounded in human-centered design and social marketing theory, we ensure meaningful and memorable messages and products that motivate individuals, families, and communities to take notice and take action.
Where We Work
Where We Work
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