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Deepti Sastry, PhD
Feb 243 min read
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.
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Proximity International
Feb 195 min read
Syria’s National Dialogue Conference: Progress and Challenges
Progress and Challenges toward Syria’s National Dialogue Conference
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Proximity International
Feb 124 min read
Syria's Economy in Transition: Stagnation Despite Currency Improvements
Despite currency improvements, market activity and overall economic conditions remain stagnant
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Ellen Clarke
Dec 16, 20244 min read
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.
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Alexandrine Dupras
Mar 8, 20245 min read
Challenges, Setbacks and Opportunities: The Role of Women in Governance Amidst the Conflict in Yemen
As the world celebrates International Women’s Day, one of Proximity’s researchers, Dr. Alexandrine Dupras, takes a moment to reflect on...
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Ezra Karmel
Apr 4, 20236 min read
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...
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Katharina Ahrens
Feb 19, 20233 min read
Re-Thinking the Focus of Rapid Needs Assessments
Focusing on the livelihoods of vulnerable families in the aftermath of the Türkiye/Syria earthquake
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Proximity Staff Member
Sep 15, 20215 min read
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
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Elise Knutsen
May 24, 20193 min read
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...
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Elise Knutsen
May 24, 20191 min read
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...
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