The project is designed to explore the ways in which interactions between the spheres of ‘religion’ and ‘development’ are shaping transformations in both fields through focused examinations of engagements of religious NGOs in Asia with policy and regulatory frameworks at multiple levels – sub-national, national, and transnational.

Our work is focused on four dimensions: policies implemented by states towards religious NGOs, policies of development organizations in engaging with religious NGOs, policies and tactics of religious NGOs in responding to states and transnational actors, and internal policies and practices of religious NGOs.