Author Archives: Karlijn Morsink

Female condoms – a technology for women with low bargaining power?

Posted on December 18, 2017 by

Condoms are the only well-established technology that protect against sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Yet in 2015 alone, an estimated 3.3 billion risky sex acts took place without condoms in Sub-Saharan Africa, leading to 910,000 new HIV infections (UNAIDS, 2016a). Women … Continue reading →

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World Development Report 2014: a missed opportunity?

Posted on November 5, 2013 by

The World Development Report is the flagship statement by the World Bank on development for the upcoming year. As someone who spends a considerable amount of time working on risk and insurance in developing countries, I was excited to see … Continue reading →

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