A look at how development is being reimagined from the ground up. Stories about community-led development, from local experiments to global shifts
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USAID’s Freeze and the Future of AidWelcome to a new newsletter for Proximate, where I reflect on the possibilities for a world without traditional international aid.
Isabelle ClériéWe Need More Anthropologists in DevelopmentAs we talk about community-led anything, there is an urgency to build anthropological skill sets like participant observation and thick description
Isabelle ClériéRepairing Development • Issue 3 Shiny Resumes, Stale IdeasTo development practitioners – please actively unlearn what you think you know about the Global Majority
Isabelle ClériéWhat Happened to Resourcefulness?Too often there's a narrative that people are operating in deficiency. But in fact, they are demonstrating resourcefulness
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