Reference Notes

Chapter 1: World Energy Demand and Economic Outlook

1. U.S. Department of Energy, Loan Guarantee Program, “Key Documents: Title XVII. Incentives for Innovative Technologies” (August 8, 2005), web site www.lgprogram.energy.gov. 

2. After conversion (1 square meter = 10.76 square feet). Source: China Statistics 2006: Data from the National Bureau of Statistics of the Peoples Republic of China, “Floor Space Completed and Housing Conditions of Urban and Rural Residents,” web site www.allcountries.org/china_statistics/10_32_ floor_space_completed_and_housing.html. 

3. International Energy Agency, World Energy Outlook 2008 (Paris, France, November 2008), pp. 357 and 365. 

4. See, for example, IHS Global Insight, Inc., Global Executive Summary (Lexington, MA, January 2009), p. 1; and International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook: Update (January 28, 2009), web site www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2009/ update/01/index.htm. 

5. IHS Global Insight, Inc., Global Executive Summary: The Worst Recession in the Postwar Era (Lexington, MA, January 2009), p. 8. 

6. International Monetary Fund, “Transcript of a Conference Call on Canada’s 2009 Article IV Consultation” (Washington, DC, March 2009), web site www.imf.org/external/np/tr/2009/tr031109.htm. 

7. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD Economic Outlook No. 80 (Paris, France, November 2006), Annex Table 21, “Potential GDP, Employment and Capital Stock,” web site www.oecd.org/dataoecd/5/49/37841330.xls. 

8. International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook October 2008 (Washington, DC, October 2008), pp. 55-56, web site www.imf.org/external/pubs/ ft/weo/2008/02/pdf/text.pdf. 

9. IHS Global Insight, Global Executive Summary: The Global Outlook Has Darkened Again (Lexington, MA, February 2009), p. 3. 

10. Seo Eun-kyung, “Update 2—Bank of Korea Holds Rates Amid Unease Over Currency,” Reuters India News Release (March 12, 2009), web site http://in. reuters.com. 

11. “Bank of Korea Freezes Key Rate at 2%,” The Korea Times (March 12, 2009), web site www.koreatimes. co.kr; and M. Hadi, “The Bank of Korea’s Conundrum,” The Wall Street Journal Online (March 12, 2009), web site http://online.wsj.com/article/ SB123686058646506849.html. 

12. Seo Eun-kyung, “Update 2—Bank of Korea Holds Rates Amid Unease Over Currency,” Reuters India News Release (March 12, 2009), web site http://in. reuters.com. 

13. International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook October 2008 (Washington, DC, October 2008), pp. 62-63, web site www.imf.org/external/pubs/ ft/weo/2008/02/pdf/text.pdf. 

14. IHS Global Insight, Global Executive Summary: The Worst Recession in the Postwar Era (Lexington, MA, January 2009), p. 10. 

15. E.J. Young, “Which Way Ahead for China?” Energy Strategies for a Turbulent Economy: Perspectives from CERAWEEK 2009 (March 2009), web site www.cera. com (subscription site). 

16. C. Innes, “Country Intelligence—Analysis: India: Growth Slows to Near Six-Year Low in India” (IHS Global Insight, Inc., February 27, 2009), web site www.globalinsight.com (subscription site). 

17. IHS Global Insight, Global Executive Summary: The Worst Recession in the Postwar Era (Lexington, MA, January 2009), p. 11. 

18. J. Hoookway, “In Vietnam, Domestic Demand Helps Cushion Downturn’s Blow,” The Wall Street Journal (March 16, 2009), p. A2. 

19. United Nations, World Economic Situation and Prospects 2008 (New York, NY, 2008), web site www.un.org/esa/policy/wess/wesp2008files/ wesp2008.pdf.