
Canopy’s Lab Notes: Entry #2 on Timelines
What can a timeline tell you? Senior Consultant Laura Kim makes the case for their versatility in the second entry of Lab Notes.

What can a timeline tell you? Senior Consultant Laura Kim makes the case for their versatility in the second entry of Lab Notes.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

This case study forms part of a series of analyses of RisiAlbania’s market systems interventions in Albania’s ICT, tourism and agricultural sectors. It focuses on Risi’s efforts to take advantage of emerging changes in the market for information security services.
I am committed to improving human livelihoods and resilience in balance with nature. At the Canopy Lab, I provide research and advisory support to projects working on biodiversity conservation, climate change adaptation and resilience, nature-based solutions, sustainable tourism, and market systems development. Outside work, I’m a keen guitarist, cyclist and bookworm, with a love for food, travelling and learning languages.