Samantha Constant Email & Phone Number

Over 15 years of experience working on social development topics anchored in environmental resilience and innovation with a focus on gender, youth, and marginalized groups in countries affected by fragility, conflict and violence. At least 10 years of experience working on social assessments and analyzing social risks, impacts on different population groups, coordination of consultative and stakeholder engagement processes. Key skills include: (i) ability to lead projects and demonstrate results for clients, (ii) engage communities through digital innovations and inclusive practices; and (iii) collaborate within teams and across partner and stakeholder groups to gain different perspectives and build institutional partnerships.Select Publications:Constant, S. and J. Lundvall. October 2018. Understanding Gender Differential Impacts of the War in Syria and among Refugee Populations. Background Paper for Syria Mobility Report, 2019. Washington DC: World Bank Group.Constant, S. and E. Maier. March 2018. “Promoting Financial Inclusion and Access to Solar Energy among Women in Yemen,” Arab Voices. Washington D.C.: World Bank Group.Greenwald, D. and S. Constant. 2015. “The Context of Social Entrepreneurship in the Middle East.” Social Entrepreneurship in the Middle East, Volume 1, edited by Dima Jamali and Alessandro Lanteri, 39-66. United Kingdom: Palgrave, Macmillan. World Bank. 2017. Progress Towards Gender Equality in the Middle East and North Africa Region. Washington, DC.: World Bank Group (Co-author)World Bank and UN Women. 2021. The Status of Women in Lebanon: Assessing Women’s Access to Economic Opportunities, Human Capital Accumulation & Agency. Washington D.C.: World Bank. (Main author)