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.

Abstract: "...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

Abstract: "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... "