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Evaluating Gates Foundation Agronomy Grants
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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation funded Abt Global to evaluate a selection of five agronomy grants designed by the foundation’s Agricultural Development (AgDev) team. The goal of the evaluation was to analyze results of the work of the soil…
Improving Nutrition for Tajik Mothers and Children
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The primary goal of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Healthy Mother Healthy Baby (HMHB) activity in Tajikistan is to improve the nutritional status of mothers and children under two and reduce their morbidity and mortality rates. To…
Support to AHRQ’s Primary Care Quality Improvement Initiative
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Primary care providers face multiple challenges, including underinvestment, workforce shortages, administrative burdens, and high patient volumes. They all are barriers to providing high quality and evidence-informed care.
Feed the Future Egypt Rural Agribusiness Strengthening Project
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Growing demand for fresh and processed fruits and vegetables has enabled Egypt to solidify its presence in quality-conscious markets in Europe, the Gulf and sub-Saharan Africa. However, smallholder farmers in Upper Egypt—which benefits from fertile soil,…
Nepal’s MEOR Program Monitors Health Outcomes
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Despite its post-conflict legacy and the 2015 earthquake, Nepal continues to achieve substantial health progress. Critical health indicators are improving, including under-five and maternal mortality rates, but there are dramatically changing burden-of…
Evaluating Homebuyer Education and Counseling
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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) wants to know about the effectiveness of offering access to first-time homebuyer education and counseling.
Mozambique Agribusiness and Trade Competitiveness Program (AgriFUTURO)
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In 2011, roughly 80 percent of Mozambicans earning their living from subsistence farming; more than 44 percent suffered from chronic malnutrition, and 34 percent faced perpetual hunger. Farm productivity was among the lowest in the world. Farmers used…
Market-Based Solutions to Improve Nutrition in Tanzania
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In Tanzania, children are especially vulnerable to malnutrition: 42 percent of the country’s children under age five suffer from stunting, anemia, and other micronutrient deficiencies. Tuboreshe Chakula (Swahili for Let’s Improve Food) was a USAID-funded…
Abt’s Buyer-led, Market Systems Approach to Cambodian Horticulture
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Millions of Cambodians have risen from poverty, yet many still live in vulnerable conditions. The government of Cambodia recognized that accelerating the growth of the horticulture sector would bring new opportunities, enabling farmers to benefit from…
Supporting Organizational Transformation at HRSA’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau
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MCHB is in a critical moment of growth and change. The Bureau has received numerous Congressional appropriations and developed new programs in the last several years to meet the health needs of women, children, and families. The result is a rapid…