It will output to an ugly default LaTeX/Word doc when I need to submit it to a journal but I can also write the paper with my own beautiful bespoke template that compiles essentially instantly.

Lots of discussions about mining and metals in Africa exaggerate their importance and this is a particularly obvious example. 10% of something is not enough to corner a market!

My own paper-in-progress compares Ghana and Kenya, challenging accepted generalisations about both causes and consequences of SAPs in Africa.

More advanced versions of the papers will be given at the World Economic History Congress in Lund in July (wehc2025.com). This project follows Akita’s edited "Oil Crises of the 1970s and the Transformation of International Order: Economy, Development, & Aid in Asia & Africa" (Bloomsbury 2023).

so, the takeoff of micro-electronics and personal computers, the “Third World” debt crisis, the IMF-WB sponsored economic liberalization (“Structural Adjustment” programmes) in Africa & Latin America, and a rising Asian share of the world economy.