DIGITAL TRANSFORMATIONS

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1 DIGITAL TRANSFORMATIONS

2 Data for Decision Making (D4D) With time and budgets at a premium, how do you maximize ever-growing amounts of data? At Abt Associates, we help clients leverage their own data to drive decisions, combining four key elements: (1) system modernization, (2) the processing of structured and unstructured data, (3) advanced analytics, and (4) digital data access and dissemination including dynamic dashboarding, visualization and mobile access. Database modernization often involves moving client data archives from legacy systems to cloudbased configurations where they are secure but more readily available to clients. Abt data scientists process these various types of data into forms that can be analyzed using traditional statistical packages or new data science techniques such as machine learning. Finally, Abt specializes in helping clients to access and/or disseminate their data and analytic insights using dynamic, drill-down dashboards with data visualization and mobile-capable interfaces. This allows clients real-time access to their information and displays analytic results, key performance indicators, or other client-specified output that are easy to interpret. MACHINE LEARNING / ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SOLUTIONS Data 4 Decision Making Predicting Outcomes Recommending Next Steps

3 Mining Population Insights (MPI) Governments need to stay connected to their constituents; we can help them keep in touch. Never before have there been more ways for people to express their opinions directly to government officials: s, typed letters and handwritten notes have been joined by social media posts, government website comments and the like. Much of this feedback comes in the form of unstructured data, information that is not in a format that can be readily analyzed (such as pdfs, posts on websites, pictures, handwritten notes, etc.). Abt leverages data science techniques such as natural language processing and machine learning to quickly and effectively process input across a range of communication channels and to develop categorizations and insights to drive action. When displayed on a dynamic dashboard with data visualizations, our analysis becomes a very powerful tool for understanding population insights. Mining Population Insights Solutions for the problems of today and tomorrow are not simply about speed and cost, but agility, digitization and transformation to build a better world. Michael W. Link, Ph.D. Division Vice President, Data Science, Surveys, and Enabling Technologies Text Analytics Data Mining

4 1.1 BILLION PEOPLE Blockchain is the single most disruptive technology for the international development sector as we understand it today. Abt Associates and other blockchain evangelists are beginning to capitalize on the technology to solve some of the world s most pressing problems. Jane Thomason, Ph.D. Senior Global Advisor, Digital Transformations HAVE NO LEGAL IDENTITY Identity for Essential Services More than 1.1 billion people have no legal identity. Abt has a solution. Legal identity is a fundamental human right and is a prerequisite for financial inclusion and access to essential services. Yet, 1.1 billion people around the world have no legally recognized form of identification. Abt understands the complex factors required to solve the legal identity challenge. Our data scientists, governance experts, and technologists are ushering in innovative applications of Blockchain and biometric measures to provide secure, indisputable identity data to people around the world, many of whom belong to the most vulnerable populations: women, children and refugees. In one pioneering application, we re helping government and commercial partners generate a digital fingerprint and then convey it to a Blockchain, without electricity, internet or smart phones. Elsewhere, we re working in refugee camps to help people receive cash transfers without fees or middlemen.

5 The Abt Advantage Abt Associates is an industry pioneer and innovator of datadriven technology solutions and digital transformation. We cross disciplines, methods and geographic borders to improve the lives and economic well-being of people worldwide. Our experts have deep experience in developing and capturing high-quality data via complex surveys, administrative data, social media and sensor information, and the ability to store, analyze and transform data into actionable insights.

6 Bold Ideas. Real Results. Abt Associates is an engine for social impact, dedicated to moving people from vulnerability to security. Harnessing the power of data and our experts grounded insights, we provide research, consulting and technical services globally in the areas of health, environmental and social policy, technology and international development. WORK WITH US PARTNER WITH US abtassociates.com/registry JOIN OUR TEAM abtassociates.com/careers Key Focus Areas Education Environment & Energy Food Security & Agriculture Governance & Justice Health Housing, Communities & Asset Building Workforce & Economic Mobility Cross-Cutting Core Capabilities Communications & Behavior Change Data Capture & Surveys Digital Transformations Research, Monitoring, & Evaluation Technical Assistance & Implementation abtassociates.com