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Nanda Gasparini
Lao PDR
Note: Nanda no longer works at the World Bank.
Nanda Gasparini can talk and write endlessly, so it's no surprise she has a blog (you may need to stop her every now and then). She blames this on being from Venezuela, a country where she says everyone speaks forever (including the president). Living for the past two years in Laos, she's proud to be the only Venezuelan in the country. She's also the World Bank's communications specialist on the Nam Theun 2 project, a hydroelectric dam being built in the country. Prior to arriving in Laos she worked and studied in the U.S. where she was able to pick up an American accent.
Latest Posts:
- Departing thoughts on NT2: The simple importance of information
- Fighting poverty takes more than one day a year
- There's more to Laos than hydropower projects
- NT2 - Compensating villagers for direct losses from the project
- What do you want to be when you grow up? A different perspective for rural kids in Laos
- And what happens after the Nam Theun 2 project is over?
- Where do you find information on Nam Theun 2?
- Nam Theun 2: Just about ready to start filling in
- No more insects – Back to more mundane life on Nam Theun 2
- Tracking wildlife in Lao - Day six: From Camp 6 to Ban Navang
