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Studies

Mineral Resources and Economic Development Study performed by G. Wright and J. Czelusta for the Conference on Sector Reform in Latin America Stanford Center for International Development, Nov. 13 - 15th, 2003.

"...Contrary to the view of mineral production as mere depletion of a fixed natural “endowment,” we show that so-called “nonrenewable” resources have been progressively extended through exploration, technological progress, and advances in appropriate (often country-specific) knowledge..."

Financing IGCC - 3 Party Covenant Study performed by W. Rosenburg, D. Alpren and M. Walker Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University

"This paper describes a 3Party Covenant financing and regulatory program aimed at reducing financing costs and providing a risk-tolerant investment structure to stimulate initial deployment of five to ten Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) coal generation power plants during this decade... "