Jordan May

• The world economy is in a recession• The falling stock market is one indicator• Oil prices dropping is bad for the economy

• Norway is doing well• third-biggest petroleum exporter • Saving money

• India• second fastest growing economy in the world

with 7.1 per cent GDP expansion in 2008-09• Oil

• Japan's • GDP contracted by an annualized 12.7 percent

in the last quarter of 2008,• the fastest pace in about 35 years

• Chad• Malaria• Oil pipe construction

• Germany• World bank• Worlds leading goods exporter