Storytelling for Impact: Lessons and Insights from the CEPF Caribbean Hotspot Project (P173464)

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Assignment Title: Storytelling for Impact: Lessons and Insights from the CEPF Caribbean Hotspot Project (P173464)

Assignment Countries:

- Not Country Related ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION Analytical products. A high quality narrative report of approximately 15 to 20 pages that tells the story of what this investment achieved, how it worked, what the model proved, and what it means for the future. A focused analytical working paper of 10 to 14 pages that examines what the project demonstrated about the relationship between biodiversity conservation and employment covering both the jobs directly created or supported through subgrants, and the broader question of whether and how conservation can serve as a pathway to sustainable livelihoods in SIDS economies. A lean, deployment ready set of communication assets derived directly from the two analytical products. FUNDING SOURCE The World Bank Group intends to finance the assignment / services described below under the following:

- TF0B2335: FS-SDN

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