Laura Kim is a data storyteller and a monitoring, evaluation, and learning adviser and strategist. She is currently a senior consultant at the Canopy Lab, a boutique international development consulting firm based in Washington, D.C. As part of her role, Laura is engaged in Canopy’s Inclusion and Leadership series — an ongoing research project that explores the structures and norms that influence the composition of the international development workforce.
There is still a limited understanding of how diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility can lead to positive outcomes in global development. Yet DEIA is an essential framework for the sector.