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From Dominance to Dependence: What the UK Must Learn to Build Trusted Critical Minerals Partnerships

Published by: Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy

Key points Critical minerals underpin national competitiveness and security. Their role in clean energy and digital infrastructure...

Critical Minerals and the New Development Dilemma: What the WBG’s New Strategy Must Get Right

Published by: The Bretton Woods Project

To succeed, the World Bank’s new minerals strategy must reckon with a much harder reality than the framing of “win–win”...

Civic Power in Mining Conflicts: Barrier or Catalyst for a Just Energy Transition?

This paper explores the global landscape of civil resistance to mineral extraction and its implications for the political sustainability...

Global Rules, Local Realities: Lessons from the Global South on International Tax Standards

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

ICTD undertook a project, 'Comparative Perspectives on International Tax from the Global South', to investigate the effectiveness in practice of efforts to apply international tax standards in lower-income countries. Researchers from seven countries studied the status of tax systems in the areas of exchange of tax information and corporate taxation, including bilateral tax treaties and the taxation of digital services. This paper synthesises the findings of these studies.