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Final paper is Hans Otto Froland on perceptions of resource supply security during the 1970s. Do Western governments perceive resource nationalism as a risk to supply security? #WEHC2018
Froland: during the 1970s newly independent resource rich nations attempt to establish new norms for how the global economy operated. #WEHC2018
Froland: Western nations connect aid programmes with FDI to secure continued access to raw materials. #WEHC2018
Now we have @Aluminiumville and Jeremy Mouat on efforts to create an inperial minerals strategy for the British Empire in the aftermath of WWI. #WEHC2018
.@Aluminiumville: a central part of this strategy was trying to ensure control by British capital over mineral deposits in the Empire. #WEHC2018
.@Aluminiumville: this was partly prompted by fear of German control over metals during WWI, what popularly became known as 'the German octopus'. #WEHC2018
Heavy rate of attrition at the panel on natural resource governance. Eight papers planned, only four presenters have made it. #WEHC2018
Joseph Inikori now presenting on West Africa and globalization before 19th century colonialism. #WEHC2018
Inikori: West African economies experienced an important and damaging transition during the Age of Mercantilism from trade of commodities of trade of captives. #WEHC2018
Inikori: This is followed by another major change in the mid-19th century, when Britain implemented free trade and began to spread commodity production for export to the global market in its colonies across West Africa. #WEHC2018
We have fourteen (?!) papers to get through on African occupational structures in our session. First up, Leigh Shaw-Taylor presents his overview paper showing continent-wide trends in labour structures in an astonishing time of less than two minutes. #WEHC2018
Next is @JohanFourieZA on the need to disaggregate occupational trends in South Africa by race and region, as aggregate trends do not show underlying economic shifts. #Mining employment is relatively small despite SA's status as a major mining economy. #WEHC2018
Now we have Filipa Ribeiro da Silva on #Mozambique. Rise of the colonial changes causes major changes in male occupational structures, but little change in the female occupational structure. This creates pronounced and persistent gender differences in the economy. #WEHC2018
First day of the @WEHC2018! Currently at the opening plenary where Sevket Pamuk is speaking on understudied aspects of past waves of globalisation. #wehc2018
Pamuk: we need to pay more attention to the local, and the interaction between the local and the global. Outcomes of globalisation at local level varied considerably. #WEHC2018
Pamuk: changes in institutions caused by globalisation may be more important than trade and capital flows most commonly studied. #WEHC2018
Looking forward to our #WEHC2018 session on
The Impact of Religion(s) on Economic Outcomes
co-organized with @fcinnio
Featuring @JeanetBentzen @Melanie_Xue and other great colleagues
wehc2018.org/the-impact-of-…
The Impact of Religion(s) on Economic Outcomes
co-organized with @fcinnio
Featuring @JeanetBentzen @Melanie_Xue and other great colleagues
wehc2018.org/the-impact-of-…
Finished my morning run in time for 9am session. 
