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Primary energy supply is defined as energy production plus energy imports, minus energy exports, minus international bunkers, then plus or minus stock changes. The International Energy Agency (IEA) energy balance methodology is based on the calorific content of the energy commodities and a...
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Tracking Industrial Energy Efficiency and CO2 Emissions responds to a G8 request. This major new analysis shows how industrial energy efficiency has improved dramatically over the last 25 years. Yet important opportunities for additional gains remain, which is evident when the efficiencies of...
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The current energy crisis calls for energy saving measures to accompany long-term technical and structural solutions. However, a range of barriers makes it hard for consumers to change their energy consumption. Changing behaviour is the result not only of responses to prices but also of...
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importance of Asia, and in particular China, potentially provides a third engine of growth. This book describes the opportunities …
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The study provides a major reassessment of the scale and scope of China's resurgence over the past half century … explain why China's role in the world economy has changed so dramatically in the last thousand years. It concludes that China …. Problems and Prospects: The Outlook for China and the World Economy 2003-2030Appendix A. Performance in Farming, Fishery …
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Latin America is looking towards China and Asia -- and China and Asia are looking right back. This is a major shift … Asia, and in particular China, potentially provides a third engine of growth. This book describes the opportunities and …
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China’s remarkable growth in recent years has been often rather arbitrarily ascribed to a number of politico … of the growth effects of FDI inflows on a national scale. In addition, if China is to continue to benefit substantially …
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China has experienced spectacular economic growth since 1978, averaging 8 to 9% per year. As a result, on average …, people’s standard of living is far higher than ever before in China’s history. However, economic disparities have also … policies. This book includes the papers from a seminar held in Paris on 20-21 October 2003 to explore the causes of China …
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