From Extraction to Capability: A New Model of Development

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Many resource-rich states remain poor not because they lack assets, but because they export raw value rather than build domestic capability.

Our framework rests on three shifts:

  1. Move Up the Value Chain
  • Minerals → processed materials
  • Crops → food manufacturing
  • Oil → petrochemicals and plastics
  1. Build Industrial Corridors, Not Projects

    Instead of scattered infrastructure, prioritize connected zones:
  • Power + rail + ports + digital governance in the same region.
  1. Make Industrial AI a National Tool

    Use predictive systems to:
  • Stabilize grids
  • Optimize logistics
  • Reduce waste in mining and agriculture

Thesis:

Stability comes from productive ecosystems, not aid.

This was visible weeks ago through decision-latency analysis.

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