TY - BOOK AU - Imran,Mudassar AU - Barnes,Philip ED - World Bank TI - Energy demand in the developing countries: prospects for the future SN - 0821316281 U1 - 333.791309172401 PY - 1990///]. CY - Washington: PB - World Bank, KW - Energy consumption KW - Forecasting KW - Developing countries N2 - In recent years, energy consumption has increased rapidly in the developing countries. Their share in global energy consumption (outside of the USSR and Eastern Europe) has increased from 20% in 1970 to 33% in 1988. It is anticipated that these energy consumption trends will continue. Given their growing role in the global energy markets, the main motivation of this study was to highlight the key factors that have contributed to the historical increases in energy consumption in the developing countries as well as to project the changes likely to occur in the future ER -