After reading the article, I come to realize that

1. The author wants us to avoid overstating the effectiveness of private sector extraction and that we should question the assumption that more state control necessarily hinders development.

2. The author was clear that for his arguments to be true  there is a need for good governance, secure property rights, and low corruption of which the opposite may be true in most developing countries(especially resource-rich countries) based on GRI, Transparency index, etc

3. The author also made it clear that both state-run and private sector extraction will continue and there is room for improvement. (African governments can enhance transparency and accountability within state-led resource extraction. At the same time, they can make greater efforts to regulate the activities of multinationals)

My conclusion

1. I would advocate of public-private partnerships since both the state-led resource extraction and private sector extraction have their advantages and disadvantages, if they work together maybe we will get better results.

2. There is also a need for the author to share the "data" and "evidence" mentioned in the article