Panel 2g – NGOs, civil society and the state: Bangladesh, Nepal and Laos

Conference Name: 2025 Australasian AID Conference
Event Type: Australasian AID Conference
Presenter/s: Owasim Akram, Francesca Earp, Chanthalangsy Sisouvanh, Bijay Chhetri

Presentation/s:

Chair: Dr Lisa Denney, Principal Researcher and Director, Centre for Human Security and Social Change, La Trobe University

Understanding grassroots development practices in Bangladesh: a Freirean perspective 

Dr Owasim Akram, Postdoctoral Researcher, Örebro University, Sweden
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The space in-between: gaps in development decision making and civil society-led development programs in Lao PDR 

Francesca Earp, PhD Candidate, James Cook University

Chanthalangsy Sisouvanh, Executive Director, Rural Development Agency, Laos
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Rewiring democracy and development: a citizen-led governance approach from Nepal

Bijay Chhetri, Senior Program Officer, Subnational Governance Program, The Asia Foundation, Nepal
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