Green MSD seeks to equip development practitioners with the tools to mainstream environmental concerns in their programming, while helping conservation practitioners to design systemic solutions
How can circular economy actors access the finance they need to scale impact? These two reports explore this critical question. Part 1: Bridging the Gap
MSD programs aim to trigger systemic changes in targeted market systems to achieve long-term, sustainable, and scalable impacts. This translates to improved inclusive access to
The Market Systems (MSD) Arabic Café, facilitated by The Canopy Lab, is a free, collaborative space for Arabic-speaking practitioners across the MENA region to connect,
The Global GESI in MSD Conversation Series brings together practitioners and funders from around the world to reflect on how gender equality and social inclusion
Despite significant investment, there’s a perceived shortage of qualified senior leaders in MSD. This study, with Mercy Corps’ support, explores barriers and enablers in transitioning MSD professionals to international senior roles.
“In search of more equitable impact” is a blog series from the Canopy Lab’s Managing Partner and Inclusion+ Practice Lead, Holly Lard Krueger. The series is inspired by our work on the topic of inclusion and leadership and explores how a range of market systems development (MSD) programs and practitioners are trying to achieve more equitable impact,
In collaboration with the BEAM Exchange, Senior Consultant Clara Garcia Parra developed a guide to help donors and practitioners design and implement impactful agricultural programmes that use the Market Systems Development (MSD) approach, and want to be intentional about achieving environmental goals.
This blog explores the ‘influence challenge’ many of us wrestle with through the lens of what we found trying to trace uptake by stakeholders of findings from a series of research initiatives conducted last year on the impact of COVID-19 on inclusion in the international development workforce.
In this third entry for Lab Notes, Senior Consultant Laura Kim chronicles how she learned how to keep things smart and simple, when it came to showcasing pre-COVID and post-COVID changes in international development practitioners’ desired levels of travel.
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.