Social protection as social risk management: conceptual underpinnings for the social protection sector strategy paper<FNR></FNR><FN>The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the World Bank. </FN>.

Considers the conceptual underpinnings, the objectives and instrument of regional social protection (SP) strategy used by the World Bank (WB) in its regional development projects. Activities covered by the lending and non-lending schemes by the WB in the SP area; Analysis of the risks arising from the globalization of trade in goods, services, and factors of production; Advantages to using social risk management as the analytical framework for SP; Reasons for the World Bank&#39;s concern with social risk management.