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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


Syria’s National Dialogue Conference: Progress and Challenges
Progress and Challenges toward Syria’s National Dialogue Conference

Proximity International
Feb 195 min read


Syria's Economy in Transition: Stagnation Despite Currency Improvements
Despite currency improvements, market activity and overall economic conditions remain stagnant

Proximity International
Feb 124 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.

Ellen Clarke
Dec 16, 20244 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...

Alexandrine Dupras
Mar 8, 20245 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...

Ezra Karmel
Apr 4, 20236 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

Katharina Ahrens
Feb 19, 20233 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

Proximity Staff Member
Sep 15, 20215 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...
Elise Knutsen
May 24, 20193 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...
Elise Knutsen
May 24, 20191 min read
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