VOL. XLV

No 44

4-November-2002

SUPPLY/DEMAND

IEA Makes Recommendations On Energy And Poverty

There is unlikely to be substantial progress on providing electricity to 1.6bn or 25% of the worlds population that at present lack power unless vigorous new energy policies are put in place, according to a special International Energy Agency (IEA) report entitled Energy and Poverty. The report, which constitutes a chapter in the IEAs World Energy Outlook 2002, forecasts that unless major policy changes...