How to Measure LGBTQIA+ Inclusive Market Systems Development

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What’s measured matters in international development. But when it comes to LGBTQIA+ inclusive market systems development, there is more to consider.

In the latest entry to her In Search for More Equitable Impact blog series, Canopy’s Managing Partner Holly Krueger spoke with Branden Ryan, Senior GESI Practice Specialist at Chemonics International, and Dun Grover, the Deputy Chief of Party of USAID Honduras Transforming Market Systems (TMS) Activity implemented by ACDI VOCA, about four key insights that demonstrate how LGBTIQIA+ inclusive programming demands a more nuanced approach.

 

Andrew Panton

Senior Consultant

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.

JESSICA RUST-SMITH

Senior Consultant

I work across markets, business and supply chains, impact investing, agriculture, and women’s economic empowerment. I am an experienced monitoring, evaluation, research and learning consultant and project manager with expertise in the use of mixed methods, theory-based approaches and data collection and analysis. I have been working in M&E for market systems development for 10 years now, and going strong.