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Moving Beyond the Donor Focus in MEL: A Case for Localizing MEL and Adding “Value.”
I make a case to bring more local MEL experts, more substantively into MEL activities.

Deepti Sastry, PhD
Feb 243 min read
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Toward Stability: The Importance of Water in Syria’s Transition
The overthrow of Assad has provided a rare opportunity to address water governance along the Euphrates basin.

Ellen Clarke
Dec 16, 20244 min read
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Supporting Women's Livelihoods in Northeast Syria
Success stories from supporting women's livelihoods opportunities in Northeast Syria

Proximity International
May 30, 20232 min read
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Using ChatGPT for Development: An Interview with ChatGPT
With current analysis suggesting that ChatGPT is the fastest growing app in Internet history, we wanted to consider its potential uses...

Ezra Karmel
Apr 4, 20236 min read
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MEL Foundations for Adaptive Programs
A call to revisit the foundations on which program adaptation is based.

Deepti Sastry, PhD
Dec 13, 20213 min read
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Should We ‘Tripadvisor’ Aid?
I turn 50 this month (eep!). If you told my teenage self that I would one day decide what to buy, where to go on holiday, and where to...

Richard Harrison
Nov 10, 20214 min read
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What I’ve Learned from My Work with Third-Party Monitoring
Twelve years of working with third-party monitoring (TPM) in fragile contexts has taught me a crucial lesson: TPM agents are more effective

Proximity Staff Member
Sep 15, 20215 min read
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From Sub to USAID Prime: What We Learned Along the Way
USAID recently published an article highlighting Proximity’s journey from a subcontractor to the prime implementer on multiple USAID...

Proximity International
Aug 26, 20214 min read
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Protection Series Part 1 | A Working Analytical Framework
As research interacts with the humanitarian and development sphere, some effort has been made to harmonize core theoretical concepts...
Elise Knutsen
May 24, 20193 min read
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Introducing our 'Protection in Research' Series
There has been and continues to be an important need for field research in fragile and conflict-affected areas. Examples of remote-based...
Elise Knutsen
May 24, 20191 min read
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