Business of the State: Why State Ownership Matters for Resource Governance

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Jewellord T. Nem Singh (Assistant Professor in International Development, Assistant Professor in International Development, International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), The Hague)

Business of the State

Why State Ownership Matters for Resource Governance

Jewellord T. Nem Singh (Assistant Professor in International Development, Assistant Professor in International Development, International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), The Hague)

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Oxford University Press
11 July 2024

Development economics; Environmental economics

Series: Critical Frontiers of Theory, Research, and Policy in International Development Studies

As the world moves towards decarbonization and the race for clean energy technologies accelerates, states in the global south are increasingly called upon to supply critical minerals to fuel the transition. Business of the State details how mineral states might design effective growth strategies in this context of strategic competition and climate emergency, via the rise of a hybrid developmental strategy during 1990s and 2010s- the embrace of market-conforming policies to attract FDI and the re-assertion of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) as players in industrial development. Drawing from the experiences of Brazil's Petrobras and Chile's Codelco, the book argues that SOEs might open new pathways for technological innovation and even support industrial policy, if subjected to effective governance reforms and aligned with the private sector. In this way, the book shifts the analytical lens away from extractivism as a growth model and towards hybrid development strategies formulated through SOEs.

Business of the State asks fundamental questions about states and markets: why do states seek to intervene in the affairs of public enterprises? And what role might they play in structural transformation? The book provides answers using a historical institutionalist framework, process tracing the complex process of market reforms in highly strategic natural resource industries.

By: Jewellord T. Nem Singh (Assistant Professor in International Development Assistant Professor in International Development International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) The Hague)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 160mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 706g
ISBN: 9780198892212
ISBN 10: 0198892217
Series: Critical Frontiers of Theory, Research, and Policy in International Development Studies
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 11 July 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1: Governing Natural Resources in the Age of Strategic Competition 2: Theorizing State Ownership in Natural Resource Governance 3: The Rise and Fall of Public Enterprises (SOEs) in Latin America in the 20th Century 4: Developmental States in Chile and Brazil 5: Chile's Mining-led Growth Strategy, 1990- 2020 6: The Politics of Managing Codelco and its Labour Force 7: Brazil's Oil-based Industrial Strategy, 1990-2018 8: Petrobras and Brazil's Political Crisis 9: State Ownership in Comparative Perspective 10: The Future of Latin America's Natural Resource States in the 21st Century

Jewellord T. Nem Singh is Assistant Professor in International Development at the International Institute of Social Studies, The Hague. He is currently the Principal Investigator of a European Research Council (ERC) five-year grant and is a Global Fellow at the Wilson Center, Washington DC. Nem Singh was a recipient of two research fellowships, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship in 2016 and Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Award in 2017. He has also served as Expert Consultant for international development agencies and civil society organizations.