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Health  |  Social and Environmental Policy  |  International Development   •   May 2015

Integrating Family Planning Services into Selected Private Hospitals in Bangladesh

The private sector can make a valuable contribution to improving the availability of long-acting reversible contraceptive and permanent family planning method services, according to a new publication by the Strengthening Health Outcomes through the Private Sector (SHOPS) project in Bangladesh.

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Increasing Use of Rapid Cycle Evaluation

A cornerstone of Abt Associates’ mission is to improve the education, housing, and health outcomes of people worldwide. Abt staff advance this mission by pioneering and refining new evaluation methodologies to meet society’s need for evidence-based practices, including the use of rapid cycle analytics. Rapid Cycle Evaluations measure the effectiveness of interventions more rapidly than traditional evaluations and provide ongoing feedback to program implementers to support continuous quality improvement.

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Abt Associates Expands Work Evaluating New Agricultural Development Model

Abt Associates has won its second evaluation contract from the UK Department of International Development to assess the effectiveness of pilot projects testing the use of “pull mechanisms” to incentivize private sector involvement in agricultural markets. The nine-year, $5.5 million evaluation contract is part of the $118 million AgResults initiative funded by Australia, Canada, the UK, the US, and the Gates Foundation.

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Helping to Reduce Homelessness among America's Veterans

Abt Associates is working with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) program to help get veterans who are experiencing homelessness and their families into permanent housing as quickly as possible. “Through the SSVF program, the VA provides millions of dollars in grants to hundreds of non-profits who provide supportive services to low-income and homeless veterans and their families,” said Tom Albanese, Senior Associate and project director for Abt’s SSVF technical assistance and program monitoring work.

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New Publications

Study: Expansion of Hospice Improved Care, Increased Medicare Spending

Technical Assistance for Economic Governance: A Guide to Select, Develop, and Implement Economic Policy Projects

Making an Impact: Technical Assistance, Reporting Requirements and the Challenge of Improving Governance

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Judith Alamprese, principal scientist for Social and Economic Policy at Abt Associates, is the recipient of the Association of Adult Literacy Professional Developers’ Partner in Excellence Award. This award recognizes an individual who has made an exceptional contribution to professional development in the field of adult basic education and literacy over a lifetime of commitment to the field. Read More →

James Shyne, senior associate for International Economic Growth at Abt Associates and a senior fellow at UMass Boston’s Center for Peace, Democracy, and Development, recently led an internal impact assessment by the Interfaith Mediation Centre of their USAID funded TOLERANCE activity in Nigeria, a five-year effort launched in 2012 to reduce social and religious conflict. Read More →

Mark Schulman, Abt SRBI founding partner and Chief Research Officer, warned in his keynote address to the New York Chapter of AAPOR’s “Meet the Masters” conference that major transformations – methodological, marketplace and technological – are forcing researchers to rethink some of the profession's basic premises. Read More →

In the News

POLL: Clinton's Popularity Declines — But Still Beats Her GOP Rivals

Forty-nine percent of Americans expressed a favorable opinion of Clinton recently, down from 67 percent two years ago. Nearly as many people, 46 percent, see her unfavorably now, according to a poll conducted in part by Abt SRBI for ABC News Radio.

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NCDs Threatening Health Insurance: Innovations, Partnerships Offer Ways to Mitigate the Impact

Jeanna Holtz, Abt principal associate for International Health, wrote a blog post for Next Billion about the challenge of developing health microinsurance for people with non-communicable diseases.

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More News

Abt Associates to Help EPA Support Drinking Water Quality Standards

Incentive Program Encourages Use of Farmers' Markets

Abt JTA to Help Implement Primary Health Network in Australia

World Health Day: Expanding Public and Private Sector Ability to Provide Better Health Services

Malaria Day 2015: Investing in the Defeat of Malaria

Earth Day 2015: Abt Associates Grows its Environmental Expertise, Research

Abt Program Analysis and Evaluation Provides Evidence to Help Fight Hunger among America’s Children

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