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Featured Publications<\/b><\/strong><\/h3>
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Business of the State: Why State Ownership Matters for Resource Governance<\/b><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>

Jewellord T. Nem Singh \u00b7 Oxford University Press, 2024<\/p>

As decarbonisation accelerates, mineral-rich states in the Global South are called on to supply the critical minerals of the energy transition. Drawing on a decade of fieldwork on Chile’s Codelco and Brazil’s Petrobras, the book shows how a hybrid strategy \u2014 market-friendly policies to attract investment combined with reinvigorated state-owned enterprises \u2014 can turn resource sectors into platforms for innovation and industrial development, if SOEs are subjected to effective governance reforms.<\/p>

From Extraction to Value Addition: How Capabilities and Power Shape Local Supplier Development<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>

Anabel Marin and Jose Morales \u00b7 Institute of Development Studies, 2025<\/p>

Moving up the value chain is the central promise of critical minerals for producing countries \u2014 but it rarely happens automatically. This study examines how local capabilities and power relations between firms, states and lead companies determine whether domestic suppliers can capture more value from mining.<\/p>

Litio argentino: oportunidades, tecnolog\u00edas y pol\u00edticas para desarrollar su cadena de valor<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>

Anabel Marin, Diego Murgu\u00eda and Katia Itoiz \u00b7 CENIT-EEyN-UNSAM, 2024<\/p>

A detailed mapping of Argentina’s lithium sector: the technologies in play, the opportunities for building a domestic value chain, and the policies needed to move beyond raw extraction in one of the world’s key lithium producers.<\/p>

Innovation opportunities and backward linkages in mining: an analysis of Argentinean knowledge-intensive mining suppliers (KIMS)<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>

Lilia Stubrin, Anabel Marin and Diego Murgu\u00eda \u00b7 Industrial and Corporate Change<\/i><\/em>, 2023<\/p>

Mining is often dismissed as an enclave with few spillovers. This article documents the emergence of knowledge-intensive local suppliers around Argentina’s mines, showing the conditions under which extraction can seed innovative domestic industries.<\/p>

Further Publications<\/b><\/strong><\/h3>

J<\/b><\/strong>ewe<\/b><\/strong>llord Nem Singh<\/b><\/strong><\/p>