RTI International Brochures

AIDSTAR – the AIDS Support and Technical Resources Program – Sector One is a multiple-award Indefinite Quantity Contract with seven prime contractors providing service delivery for HIV/AIDS. The award offers USAID Missions, headquarters Bureaus, other US government agencies and the Global Fund access to HIV prevention, care, and treatment support in resource constrained settings worldwide.

RTI provides analytical support and consultation to pharmaceutical, chemical, and biotechnology companies. Our analytical services range from lead discovery chemistry to cGMP release of finished products. RTI’s familiarity and compliance with regulatory requirements of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and other agencies enable our clients to have complete confidence in the quality and acceptability of all analytical data.

RTI has established an unparalleled reputation in HIV/AIDS behavioral research and interventions as well as in community-based and clinical trials.We bring together multidisciplinary teams, encompassing numerous fields of inquiry, for innovative research, program evaluation, and policy analysis.

RTI is assisting the Government of Botswana to improve the quality and quantity of HIV prevention services for MARPs under the Support for the HIV Response in Botswana with the Civil Society for HIV Prevention that Targets Most-At-Risk Populations (MARPS) project. The 5-year project funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development works along the highly trafficked corridor, primarily in the towns of Gaborone; Francistown; Kasane; Selebi-Phikwe; and Tlokweng, and aims to build the capacity of civil society organizations (CSOs) to deliver prevention services.

RTI is a leader in advising government and business on knowledge-based economic development and science parks. We bring together seasoned planners, policy analysts, management professionals, and economists with senior scientists and engineers—a range of expertise rarely found found in a single organization—to design, implement, and evaluate policies and practices that transform communities.

RTI is a world leader in advising governments, universities, and businesses on knowledge-based regional economic development and science parks. Our experience ensures that initiatives are designed, developed, and implemented to address the needs of a region and the objectives of the funders or sponsors.

Highlights of RTI's expertise and capabilities in the field of health research, including health informatics, evidence-based practice, individual health behaviors, community health systems, health communication and marketing, health economics, data capture and integration, and health statistics research.

Overview of RTI's varied research into issues affecting child welfare, including adoption, kinship care, foster care, sexual abuse, teen pregnancy, and education

RTI has extensive experience working with communities to understand the context in which health programs are implemented and how best to use this information to maximize public health initiatives. RTI's Community and Health Education Research (CHER) program conducts research and evaluation of these initiatives, using tools to thoroughly understand the local context and methods to inform and improve program development.

Overview of the skills, expertise, and knowledge RTI applies to determine the efficacy and effectiveness of interventions with different populations of substance abusers

RTI researchers gather and assess the best available research about health care treatments, health behaviors, and health policy to foster better decision making and improve patient care outcomes and quality of life. Since 1997, we have operated an Evidence-Based Practice Center on behalf of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and we also serve as one of 13 members of AHRQ’s DEcIDE Network.

Contracting vehicles simplify the procurement process and allow clients to quickly access services. RTI leads or is part of various consortia of specialized organizations that are formed to meet needs identified by clients such as the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), and other government agencies in specific sectors. These large contracts are global in scope and allow clients to issue task orders for country-specific or regional projects.

At RTI International, our goal is to conduct research that informs decision makers, policy, and practice on a variety of issues, including prevention, substance use, violence, juvenile justice, terrorism, and corrections.

Working worldwide with partners in public institutions and civil society, RTI International pursues innovative approaches and builds on best practices to create a foundation for democratic governance. Our goal is to help build more effective, accountable, and responsive institutions at the national and local levels of government.

French translation of EdDataII: Education for Decision-Making brochure, describing RTI's work under the EdData II contract, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development.

The EdData II project, sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development, provides survey expertise to help national and local governments as well as the donor community to assess education status and to design methods for improvement.

RTI provides the U.S. Department of Education and other clients with detailed information about important national education issues. We offer over 30 years of experience and state-of-the-art capabilities for conducting large-scale, national cross-sectional and longitudinal education surveys.

(French version of eLearning brochure) Computers, mobile phones, radio, television, and the Internet are all examples of eLearning tools that can be applied to foster and facilitate learning. RTI International’s approach to eLearning provides focused, practical interventions to help stakeholders deliver quality education and training despite challenging conditions.

RTI International’s approach to eLearning provides focused, practical interventions to help stakeholders deliver quality education and training despite challenging conditions.

RTI International’s Emerge to Compete (EtoC) initiative forges regionally focused networks of national and subnational economic development actors, including leading private and public institutions involved in regional development, investment, and trade.

RTI International’s Emerge to Compete (EtoC) initiative forges regionally focused networks of national and subnational economic development actors, including leading private and public institutions involved in regional development, investment, and trade.

Energy research programs at RTI are united by a single goal: to develop cleaner and more efficient sources of energy to meet the nation’s growing energy demands in a carbon-constrained world. Our researchers conduct innovative R&D to solve energy-related problems faced by the electric power, transportation, chemical, and petroleum refining industries. Whether designing pilot-scale gas cleaning systems or conducting laboratory-scale reactor testing on novel catalyst formulations, we deliver the highest quality results to our clients and embody our mission of turning knowledge into practice.

RTI engineers help clients achieve their goals through the identification, development, application, and transfer of leading-edge technologies. Our expertise spans the energy, health, environment, and electronics markets. We have proven capabilities to successfully execute early- and late-stage R&D programs, and to lead programs from initial R&D to prototyping to commercialization.

Continuing over 20 years of expert support to USAID programs in Environmental Health. The Environmental Health IQC is the preferred USAID contract vehicle for environmental interventions that are intended to improve public health. It supports environmental, behavioral, and policy interventions to prevent infectious diseases, chronic diseases, and injuries caused by environmental conditions.

RTI scientists provide model- and design-based solutions to environmental problems. Since 1959, we have provided support to government and industry clients, applying statistical analysis to environmental concerns. RTI environmental statisticians collaborate with scientists and engineers from other disciplines to form a team that has a deep understanding of environmental problems and policies.

RTI’s epidemiological research is helping to illuminate the complex interactions of the environment, exposure, and disease. Our approach to understanding exposure/disease relationships is multidisciplinary, allowing us to offer a wide range of studies requiring data and specimen collection and analysis.

RTI has been working in Africa for more than 40 years. Our expertise throughout Africa covers the fields of conflict management, mitigation and reconstruction, democratic governance, education, environmental management, health, information and communication technologies, and public finance. We maintain a corporate office in Pretoria, South Africa.

Description of RTI's project experience in Africa. French translation.

RTI International has been working in Asia for more than 32 years, having become a leading contract organization for clients such as the U. S. Agency for International Development, the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank, several United Nations agencies, as well as other regional and international organizations and foundations. Expertise throughout Asia covers the fields of democratic governance, education, health, environmental management, public finance, and information and communication technology.

In China, RTI’s work in developing public-private partnerships, strengthening the capacity of nongovernmental organizations, and collaborating with national and subnational government has supported improvements in health; education; water and sanitation; and the environment. The following projects are examples of RTI’s work in China since 1998.

Listing of RTI projects implemented in China. (in Mandarin Chinese)

RTI has been working in Europe and Eurasia since 1992, having become a leading contract organization for clients such as USAID, the World Bank, and several United Nations agencies, as well as other regional and international organizations and foundations. Our expertise covers the fields of conflict management, mitigation, and reconstruction; democratic governance; education; environmental management; health; information and communication technology; and public finance.

RTI has a track record of collaborative work in India since 1982. This prospectus describes several of our successful projects in health, water and sanitation, energy, and the environment. In these efforts RTI emphasizes institutional development through the transfer of analytical tools and methods, the dissemination of best practices, and collaborative applied research to test and apply new technologies.

RTI has a track record of collaborative work in India since 1982. This flyer briefly lists several of our projects and programs, which emphasize institutional development through the transfer of analytical tools and methods, the dissemination of best practices, and collaborative applied research to test and apply new technologies.

For 25 years, RTI International has provided technical assistance to numerous clients and communitiesthroughout Indonesia. RTI’s programs in Indonesia encourage local ownership and public-private commitment to local development and service delivery. We engage the national and local governments, civil society, and the public and private sector to improve the policy environment and increase citizen participation in decision-making processes. RTI’s efforts help strengthen management of public investments in health and education, basic service delivery, and environmental management.

RTI has provided technical assistance, training, and research in Latin America and the Caribbean since the mid-1980s to clients such as USAID, the World Bank, IDB, and foundations. Our expertise includes governance and economic growth, decentralization, municipal strengthening, education, health, environmental management, public finance, public-private leveraging, and information and communication technology.

(updated May 2008) RTI International has been working in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) for more than 25 years, having become a leading contract organization for clients such as USAID, the World Bank, several United Nations agencies, and other regional and international organizations and foundations. Expertise throughout MENA covers the fields of democratic governance, education, health, environmental management, public finance, and information and communication technology.

Arabic translation of RTI's experience in MENA region.

Brochure details projects in Latin America and the Caribbean. In Spanish.

Geode is an Internet data querying and mapping tool developed by RTI that allows instant access to environmental data in a graphical context for use in decision making, analyses, compliance support, and presentations.

Gindex™ is a cutting-edge tool that enables collection of spatial data using the Web. Users interact with an intuitive map interface to identify locations they wish to describe.

Overview of RTI's health-related research efforts and application of best practices around the world. For more than three decades, we have been striving to improve human health worldwide through innovative research, expert technical assistance, and effective decision support

RTI International’s Global Health Technologies provides an enabling infrastructure to help our clients design and implement product development programs for drugs and medical devices. The RTI team has broad experience in product assessment and commercialization; drug/device development; clinical and regulatory strategy; and social, economic, and behavioral research.

Working worldwide with partners in public institutions and civil society, RTI International pursues innovative approaches and builds on best practices to create a foundation for democratic governance. Our goal is to help build more effective, accountable, and responsive institutions at the national and local levels of government.

RTI has worked with CDC since our founding in 1958. We hold several task order contracts with CDC and are preapproved to work under several GSA schedules. RTI is also a member of the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research. This guide describes these contractual mechanisms and how to access them.

RTI has worked with EPA and its predecessor organizations for more than 35 years and has projects supporting all EPA offices. We hold several task order contracts with EPA and are preapproved to work under several GSA schedules. This guide describes these contractual mechanisms and how to access them.

RTI experts in health communication and social marketing research examine the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of target populations and design campaigns to promote effective communication, informed decision making, and healthy behaviors. We work with federal and state government agencies, as well as foundations, nonprofits, and commercial organizations. Our health communication research and evidence-based campaigns target individuals, families, communities, health professionals, and policy makers.

RTI helps social marketing and health communication clients develop, test, disseminate, and evaluate health and risk communication messages directed at target audiences. With backgrounds in public health, social sciences, and communications, our staff work on a range of topics from health promotion to health care treatment for federal agencies as well as states, foundations, and private sector organizations.

RTI's health promotion researchers study health behavior and its many determinants in the social and physical environments in which people live. We study cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and other preventable diseases, as well as behaviors that can be promoted through interventions addressing immunization, nutrition, physical activity, smoking cessation, and other health issues.

The Municipal Budget Reform (MBR) Program’s Performance Budgeting (PPB) software is an electronic budgeting system designed for use by municipal finance specialists to automate the PPB budgeting process (http://www.mbr-ukr.org). This software is used primarily by finance departments in selected municipalities. Its key features include producing medium-term expenditure and revenue forecasts; performing routine expenditure and revenue analysis; creating annual budget requests for local council (rada) approval; producing budget implementation reports by revenue or expenditure type; archiving data and formulas to use in developing the baseline budget for the next budget year.

Overview of RTI's history, research focus, global capabilities, university connections, and financial strength, as well as a select list of our clients.

RTI was awarded the USAID IRS indefinite quantity contract (IQC) in September 2006. This IQC reflects a new and substantial commitment from USAID to support the use of an effective malaria control intervention in Africa. Funded by the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) through USAID, RTI is providing technical and financial support to countries supported by the PMI to expand the use of IRS as an intervention for malaria prevention and control.

RTI is a pioneer in applying information and communication technology (ICT) to accelerate development. We have more than 19 years’ experience designing, implementing, and managing ICT projects and systems in developing countries. Our country expertise spans Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, and the former Soviet Union.

In the Asia–Pacific region, governments are taking a particular interest in exploring whether ICTs can help improve the quality of education, including teacher performance and student learning. With funding from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), RTI International, in partnership with iEARN-USA, conducted an investigation of the effective use of ICT for education in rural areas of Bangladesh, Nepal, Mongolia, and Samoa, from April 2006 to September 2007.

RTI’s innovation-led economic development team helps communities identify and leverage sources of innovation to drive economic growth. We assist with strategic planning and policy development, analyze industry trends, identify market opportunities, and conduct program evaluations to track the progress of initiatives.

RTI International offers extensive experience in a full range of technical, analytical, and logistical services and expertise in water quality assessment, Sections 305(b) and 303(d) program support, database management and systems analysis, geographic information systems (GIS) development and applications, and other related technical support to states and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regions. RTI also provides support in environmental statistics, modeling, and economics, including estimating the costs and determining the benefits of regulatory controls and Clean Water Act (CWA) policies, public health, and environmental risk assessment.

RTI provides countries around the world with a range of policy support, applied research and analysis, and other technical expertise in strategic planning, institutional development, performance management, information systems, and training. Our clients include USAID, the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, several United Nations agencies, foundations, and other regional and international organizations.

RTI supports education reform around the world, particularly in developing countries. A recognized leader in this sector, RTI works to design, develop, and implement education systems that meet national priorities, are sustainable and manageable with national resources, and lead toward the international objectives of quality education for all.

Overview of RTI's expertise in environmental protection. Our experts work on projects involving indoor and outdoor air, surface water and groundwater quality, and solid and hazardous waste. We perform economic analyses and assist in environmental policy making in the United States and around the world.

For more than three decades, RTI International has been committed to improvingthe health of millions of the world’s underserved people through collaborative partnerships with local communities, national governments, civil society organizations (CSOs), and private sector counterparts. RTI’s international health experts focus on strengthening health systems; improving the use of scarce financial resources in the health sector; guiding effective policy formulation and implementation; preventing and controlling infectious diseases; and supporting maternal and child health, reproductive health, and family planning programs.

RTI conducts and supports all phases of research in maternal and child health, including data coordination and management, survey design and implementation, and program evaluation. Our work supports decision making not only by the federal agencies that develop and implement health care programs, but also by insurers, employers, and individuals.

RTI has a unique capacity for building cost-effective mathematical models and conducting virtual experiments for health outcomes. Our researchers use mathematical modeling and simulation techniques to evaluate disease dynamics, biological processes, environmental exposures, social interaction in disease behavior, and associated health outcomes. Application areas include HIV dynamics, substance use, cancer screening, sexually transmitted diseases, and planning for epidemic responses under different scenarios.

RTI International conducts research and provides research support for the Department of Defense (DoD) and other U.S. government agencies to improve force readiness and the lives and working conditions of military personnel and their families.

Implemented in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua, the USAID-funded Alianzas project aims to raise $2 in cash and in-kind donations (such as equipment, advertising, transportation, and volunteers) for every $1 of USAID funding. Resources raised by the program are financing new and expanded health, nutrition, and education activities, with special emphasis on poor and underserved communities.

Spanish translation of New Paths for Social Development in Central America (Doc ID 11573). The brochure covers RTI's work under the Alianzas project in Central America, funded by USAID.

Overview of RTI's expertise in international financial systems. We help developing and democratizing countries with a variety of financial issues, helping them develop systems for transferring funds, issuing local debt, and implementing local fees and taxes. We also assist local governments in assessing their own debt-carrying capacity, provide savers and investors with adequate and timely information to judge the carrying capacity of local governments, and help local governments manage their finances to pay back their debt.

RTI International’s strategy in seeking PPPs is backed by over 40 years of international development experience, working with multiple stakeholders to address various development challenges. RTI seeks to harness the strengths and interests of the private sector and to link them with government and citizen priorities, ultimately leading to improved social services and infrastructure.

Since 1986, RTI has been actively involved in El Salvador. In November 2003, RTI opened a permanent office in San Salvador to help support various projects in-country, as well as to facilitate linkages with local partners and organizations.

Together, RTI and SPSS provide innovative data collection and analysis solutions to government, business, and academia, providing researchers with access to a wide range of cutting-edge technologies for information capture, management, and predictive analytics.

RTI fights corruption at the national and local levels through our extensive decentralization and local government work. We work to open governance to public participation and scrutiny and enhance the capabilities of citizens to participate in public policy making. We promote changes that increase transparency and controls, establish effective sanctions, and realign official incentives to public ends. These initiatives are complemented by our cross-sectoral efforts to counter corruption in the education, environment, and health sectors, and in conflict and post-conflict settings.

For over a decade, RTI International has provided technical assistance and research design and support in Ukraine to help partners in government and civil society establish a robust democracy and solve critical social, economic, and health-related challenges. RTI’s experience in Ukraine spans decentralization, ministerial and local government capacity building, municipal finance and management, association building, and participatory strategic planning. To better respond to client needs and expand its services in Ukraine, RTI has established a regional office in Kyiv. RTI’s Ukraine office employs local experts in health research, public finance, legislative reform, and information technology. The office also provides logistical and administrative support to ensure efficient project management and compliance with Ukrainian laws and regulations.

Description of RTI's experience forming public-private partnerships to aid in local development.

RTI is a world leader in research involving theoretical and applied statistical methodology. Our capabilities and experience include surveys, health research, bioinformatics, educational practices and outcomes, program evaluation, criminal justice, and environmental exposure and risk assessment studies. We have also developed software for the analysis of complex survey and cluster-correlated data.

RTI statisticians possess expert knowledge and skill in many facets of statistical design and analysis. We apply a variety of innovative statistical methodologies to diverse programs in health and environmental studies, as well as to both government- and private-sector-based program evaluations.

RTI International and partner Family Health International(FHI) are implementing the Corridors of Hope II (COH II) project, developed to support Zambia’s National HIV/AIDS Strategic Framework. With funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), COH II is working to prevent HIV/AIDS in seven of Zambia’s border and transport corridor communities with the highest prevalence of HIV/AIDS.

Overview of RTI's approach to substance abuse research, which encompasses epidemiology, economics, psychology, health services, biology, pharmacology, clinical medicine, statistics, and survey methods

Designed and developed at RTI, SUDAAN® is an internationally recognized statistical software package that provides nine procedures for analyzing survey and other cluster-correlated data.

Spanish Translation of "Emerge to Compete" brochure (Doc ID 10554). RTI International’s Emerge to Compete (EtoC) initiative forges regionally focused networks of national and subnational economic development actors, including leading private and public institutions involved in regional development, investment, and trade.

Overview of the development and evaluation of survey methodologies at RTI, including questionnaire design and testing, survey design and consultation services, and usability testing.

At RTI, our survey research professionals are proficient in every aspect of full-service primary data collection, design, methodology, and analysis. On behalf of a variety of clients in government, academia, and industry, our survey experts work in or across a wide variety of research areas.

We have extensive experience designing samples for surveys, both cross-sectional and longitudinal, that involve a wide variety of populations and examine a range of issues from drug abuse to affordable housing. We are recognized as a leader in the development of innovative tools for survey sampling, including software for sample selection, weighting, imputation, and survey data analysis.

RTI’s technology commercialization team has secured hundreds of licenses and partnership agreements for government entities, research institutions, and academic and corporate clients. These agreements are win-win deals that accurately reflect the market opportunity for targeted applications. Specifically, RTI helps identify potential licensees and initiate licensing discussions through our technology marketing, valuation, and negotiation support.

Whether the need is to analyze a specific market, a technology, or a patent portfolio, RTI’s opportunity assessment services provide unparalleled experience, breadth of expertise, and a diverse network of contacts---all through the uniquely objective lens of a nonprofit third party. Employing best practices and proven methodologies, we have assessed thousands of technologies and hundreds of markets on behalf of private industry, government agencies, universities, research laboratories, and other clients.

RTI excels at identifying common needs across diverse organizations and creating a partnering opportunity where none was expected. We ensure that partnership interests are effectively communicated and the partnership meets or exceeds our client’s goals and needs.

RTI provides strategic consulting on important technology commercialization and IP management issues to technology licensing offices. As a strategic advisor, we can help identify areas for improvement in policies or procedures, or provide technology commercialization training for staff at all levels.

As innovation cycles shrink, retaining a competitive edge often means identifying and acquiring innovative technologies from outside your organization. RTI’s technology scouting service helps you identify emerging technologies from nontraditional sources.

RTI provides independent, interdisciplinary assessments of the economic contributions of innovation programs and new technologies to society’s economic, public health, and environmental welfare. Our work supports clients by providing robust quantitative accountability measures, assessing policy alternatives, and articulating the value of technology programs at the interface of complex issues.

RTI conducts multidisciplinary research in tobacco control to help identify the most cost-effective interventions to curb the global burden of tobacco use. Our experience includes comprehensive evaluations of state and national tobacco control programs, spanning evaluation design, survey development, implementation, analysis, and reporting.

Tuberculosis threatens public health worldwide, infecting one-third of the world’s population, with nearly 2 million dying of tuberculosis each year. Despite the rising incidence of tuberculosis worldwide, no new drugs for the treatment of TB have been introduced to the market in 40 years. To address the scope and complexity of the global tuberculosis problem, RTI International utilizes its multidisciplinary experience and skills in drug development, epidemiology, policy, and health economics.

(French translation of Health Governance brochure) Health interventions—such as distributing insecticide-treated bed nets; administering HIV/AIDS tests; and building clinics—in under-served and under-resourced communities world-wide often work around the deficiencies in a country’s health system to improve service delivery. Strengthening the pillars of a country’s health system—governance, finance, and operations—is essential to sustaining the impact of such interventions and leading to better health outcomes for citizens.

ICT provides powerful tools to improve health care management and policy analysis. Brochure describes RTI's project experience in this area.

RTI International has been involved with technical support of EPA’s national water quality reports since the early 1980s, providing support for a new generation of statistically based national reports for estuarine and coastal waters. RTI has also provided support for major national conferences and forums dealing with state and federal fish consumption advisory programs. In addition, RTI provides mission-critical outreach support for EPA databases and GIS systems.

RTI experts in forensic science are working with the National Institute of Justice to develop and deliver Web-based continuing education for forensic scientists.

Overview of RTI’s work to evaluate health insurance programs such as Medicaid and SCHIP, income support programs, food stamps, WIC, foster care, and adoption. We study program financing, program take-up rates, patterns of enrollment, provider payments and participation, beneficiary access to and satisfaction with services, and impacts of programs on quality and outcomes of care.