Chris Wardle is development professional with extensive INGO managerial and technical experience. Over the past 18 years this has extended to management in multi-sector programming (livelihoods, food security, WaSH, health) in five countries in Asia, and five in Africa. Chris has been working in the Laos development sector since 2010, as a Program Coordinator in the south of Lao for five years, and latterly engaging in livelihood development through ‘graduation’ model implementation. Most recently his work has included evaluating economic empowerment programming, and reviewing the adaptation of the graduation model for the economic empowerment of people with disability. Chris has post-graduate qualifications in Development Management, Micro-finance, and Community Water Supply (M.Sc.).