CSO Assessment Study: Legal and Political Environment for Developmental/Rural Development NGOs in Seven Asian Countries

As part of a global trend, civil society organizations (CSOs) in Asia are dealing with a rise in authoritarianism and a corresponding constriction in CSO space. In varying degrees and with different dynamics, Asian countries have been experiencing shrinking civic spaces and civil society communities under threat. Fundamental rights are being suppressed, and key actors who exercise these rights are being persecuted.  Thus, ANGOC and partners in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Philippines and Sri Lanka have prepared CSO assessment studies on the legal and political environment of developmental NGOs in these countries.