Decolonizing Development.
Challenging structural power imbalances and supporting institutions to move toward equitable, locally led practice.
What We Offer
Kim Young provides high-level consulting, advisory, research and communications services grounded in development justice for governments, civil society, international organizations and academic institutions.
Decolonizing development justice means confronting and dismantling the power structures, narratives and assumptions inherited from colonial rule that still shape how development is imagined and delivered. It requires shifting authority to communities, valuing lived experience as knowledge and recognising the Global South as a producer — not a recipient — of development thinking. This approach insists that justice, equity and historical truth guide policy and practice, ensuring that solutions emerge from the realities, priorities and leadership of those most affected by global inequalities.
The work centers equity, structural analysis, Global South leadership and agenda-setting that aligns with long-term transformation rather than surface-level reform.
Challenging structural power imbalances and supporting institutions to move toward equitable, locally led practice.
Amplifying Southern voices, knowledge systems and institutional capacity as the center of development futures.
Integrating equity, rights, inclusion and accountability into policy, programs and institutional strategy.
Aligning frameworks and decision-making with the 17 SDGs and Agenda 2030 through a justice-centered lens.
Analyzing the effect of shifting global power structures on development priorities, funding, law and regional strategy.
Thought leadership, narrative framing, reports, speeches, op-eds and advocacy materials that re-center Global South realities.
Legal counsel and consulting across governance, political and institutional legal frameworks from our offices in Luxembourg and Brussels.
Attorney George A. Pilgrim Esq. — LinkedIn profile.
Formally recognizing historical or systemic harms, abuse, or human rights violations.
Addressing the dynamic intersections of postcolonial legal frameworks and persistent structural barriers to full economic and social equality.
Who I Work With
Kim Young consults for the International School for Development Justice (ISDJ) among other EU and UN institutions and institutions across the Global South. Long-term collaborators are listed below — and at the bottom of this section you can see where our clients stay in Barbados.
National innovation agency of Luxembourg supporting research, startups and sustainable enterprise across the Greater Region.
Alignment with the UN's sustainable development, multilateral cooperation and Agenda 2030 priorities.
Collaboration with European policy, advisory, governance and institutional environments relevant to international development.
Engagement with EIB development, climate finance and impact-investment agendas across the Global South.
University of the West Indies Five Islands campus in Antigua & Barbuda — development, education and regional research partner.
UWI International School for Development Justice, focused on the SDGs, global justice and graduate-level development leadership.
Design, print, signage and branded communications services in Barbados.
Institutional stakeholder and policy environment.
Caribbean Export is building business, transforming lives for a resilient Caribbean.
Understated luxury, quintessentially Bajan. A private 2-bedroom chattel villa on Holders Hill, St James, with its own pool — tucked above the Platinum Coast.
Continental Partners
Continental and regional bodies at the heart of development-justice engagement.
Engagement with the AU's Agenda 2063 priorities — integrated development, peace, governance and continental integration.
The Caribbean Community — integration, climate resilience, reparatory justice and Caribbean development cooperation.
Partnership and advisory work with institutions across the Caribbean, Africa, Asia and Latin America.
How We Work
What clients receive. Engagements can include executive advisory support, policy analysis, institutional diagnostics, facilitation, strategic communications, speaking support and tailored written outputs designed for practical use in complex development settings.
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