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Impact Investing

Investing and Engaging in the Care Economy: Briefs for Gender-Smart Investors and Other Actors

The Canopy Lab partnered with GenderSmart & 2X Collaborative Care Economy Working Group to produce two briefs to amplify the importance of investing in the care economy. These documents are geared toward investors, investment influencers and related actors who are interested in starting or deepening their engagement with the care economy through more gender-smart capital allocation.

Holly Lard Krueger November 24, 2022

ICT and Finance

The Market Corner: Fresh Perspectives for Development Leaders (Marketlinks Blog Series on Systems Thinking)

Between October 2021 and May 2022, Canopy’s Managing Partner Holly Lard Krueger authored a series of bi-monthly blogs for Marketlinks. This series, called The Market Corner, explored the application of systems thinking in international development.

Holly Lard Krueger June 22, 2022

Inclusion

Canopy’s Lab Notes: Entry #1 on Divergent Stacked Bar Charts

In this first Lab Notes entry, Senior Consultant Laura Kim shares her journey in trying to tell a better story – through data visualization – on the impact of COVID-19 on global development professionals.

Laura Kim May 23, 2022

Inclusion

Shaping Our New Normal: An Unprecedented Opportunity to Reimagine a More Inclusive International Development Workplace

This research — which includes input from 950 development professionals across humanitarian, WASH, agriculture, and economic growth fields, representing all career levels, 23% minority voices, and 92 nationalities—explores professionals’ shifting perspectives on their careers in light of the seismic changes brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Laura Kim May 10, 2022

Inclusion

Gender Mainstreaming and Social Inclusion in Business Environment Reform (BER) Programs: The GESI Story of the Essor Program in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

This brief explores the GESI mainstreaming experience of the UKAID-funded Essor Program in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It identifies key successes and lessons learned from this journey, and offers an updated framework for GESI in Business Environment Reform (BER).

Holly Lard Krueger March 30, 2022

Evaluations

Women’s Entrepreneurship Awards in Africa: Impact and Lessons Learned

This study, in partnership with Partnering for Innovation (P4I), explores the impact of business development services (BDS) support to award-winning women entrepreneurs in emerging markets in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Laura Kim February 25, 2022

Climate

Advancing Equality and Empowerment in Solar Home Systems Business Models: The Critical Role of the Gender Audit

This brief presents the experience and lessons learned from two different market systems development (MSD) programs that implemented gender audits as part of a broader strategy to advance gender equality and women’s economic empowerment with partner renewable energy companies.

Holly Lard Krueger August 31, 2021

Inclusion

The Impact of COVID-19 on the Talent Pipeline of Market Systems Development (MSD) Activities

The disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on the workforce participation and career ambition of women and other underrepresented groups is well documented across many sectors, but there is limited evidence from the international development sector. This research explores the impact of COVID-19 on the talent pipeline of MSD programs.

Holly Lard Krueger August 9, 2021

Inclusion

Industry Perspectives on the Impact of Restrictive Criteria for Senior Leader Job Descriptions

The brief explores the perspectives of experienced recruiters and program managers who work with medium and large contractors and international NGOs on the unintended impact of key personnel criteria with respect to the diversity of candidates they put forward for senior leadership positions.

Holly Lard Krueger June 24, 2021

Inclusion

Workplace Role Models: The Impact of Role Models in Advancing the Professional Ambitions of Women in the DRC

This participatory research with young women in three sectors – renewable energy, finance, and agriculture – aims to understand the impact that workplace role models, women and men, have on the personal perception of career potential of young Congolese women.

Holly Lard Krueger June 15, 2021

Inclusion

Current Articles

Investing and Engaging in the Care Economy: Briefs for Gender-Smart Investors and Other Actors

The Market Corner: Fresh Perspectives for Development Leaders (Marketlinks Blog Series on Systems Thinking)

Canopy’s Lab Notes: Entry #1 on Divergent Stacked Bar Charts

Shaping Our New Normal: An Unprecedented Opportunity to Reimagine a More Inclusive International Development Workplace

Gender Mainstreaming and Social Inclusion in Business Environment Reform (BER) Programs: The GESI Story of the Essor Program in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Women’s Entrepreneurship Awards in Africa: Impact and Lessons Learned

Advancing Equality and Empowerment in Solar Home Systems Business Models: The Critical Role of the Gender Audit

The Impact of COVID-19 on the Talent Pipeline of Market Systems Development (MSD) Activities

Industry Perspectives on the Impact of Restrictive Criteria for Senior Leader Job Descriptions

Workplace Role Models: The Impact of Role Models in Advancing the Professional Ambitions of Women in the DRC

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