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Steen Lau Jorgensen
Researcher at World Bank
Publications - 22
Citations - 2274
Steen Lau Jorgensen is an academic researcher from World Bank. The author has contributed to research in topics: Social protection & Vulnerability. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 21 publications receiving 2148 citations.
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Social risk management : a new conceptual framework for social protection and beyond
TL;DR: In this paper, a new definition, and conceptual framework for social protection, grounded in social risk management, is proposed, which repositions the traditional areas of social protection (labor market intervention, social insurance, and social safety nets) in a framework that includes three strategies to deal with risk (prevention, mitigation, and coping), three levels of formality of risk management (informal, market-based, public), and, many actors (individuals, households, communities, non-governmental organizations, governments at various levels, and international organizations) against the background
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Addressing Human Vulnerability to Climate Change: Toward a 'No Regrets' Approach
TL;DR: In this paper, a conceptual framework is proposed to address human vulnerability to climate change, drawing upon social risk management and asset-based approaches, which provides a unifying lens to examine links between risks, adaptation, and vulnerability.
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Addressing human vulnerability to climate change: Toward a ‘no-regrets’ approach
TL;DR: In this article, a conceptual framework is proposed to address human vulnerability to climate change, drawing upon social risk management and asset-based approaches, the conceptual framework provides a unifying lens to examine links between risks, adaptation, and vulnerability.
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Social protection as social risk management : conceptual underpinnings for the social protection sector strategy paper
TL;DR: In this article, the objectives and instruments of strategy papers (SP) are viewed under the rubric of Social Risk Management (SRM), which consists of public measures intended to assist individuals, households and communities in managing income risks in order to reduce vulnerability, improve consumption smoothing, and enhance equity while contributing to economic development in a participatory manner.
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Manejo social del riesgo: un nuevo marco conceptual para la protección social y más allá
TL;DR: Esta vision ampliada de la proteccion social, se enfatiza en el doble papel que desempenan los instrumentos de manejo del riesgo: se protege the subsistencia basica y al mismo tiempo se promueve the disposicion a asumir riesgos.