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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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Learning Locally: Reshaping Third-Party Monitoring in Syria
The introduction of new practices can enable third-party monitoring to act as a bridge for learning, feedback, and accountability.

Katharina Ahrens
Dec 30, 20244 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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Re-Thinking the Focus of Rapid Needs Assessments
Focusing on the livelihoods of vulnerable families in the aftermath of the Türkiye/Syria earthquake

Katharina Ahrens
Feb 19, 20233 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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