USAID is the principal U.S. agency that extends assistance to countries recovering from disaster; trying to escape poverty and engaging in democratic reforms. The agency supports long - term and equitable economic growth and advances U.S. Foreign policy objectives.

The Strategic Programme Fund* (SPF) is the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office's (FCO) flagship programme budget. It was originally launched in 2003 under the name of the Global Opportunities Fund. The purpose of SPF is to promote action on global issues relating to the UK's core foreign policy objectives. Climate change and energy is one of them. The SPF Climate Change and Energy (CCE) Programme supports and contributes to delivery of the FCO's policy goal to "promote a low carbon, high growth global economy" through project work in three focal areas:

• Strengthening the scientific and economic evidence base which supports ambitious climate change and energy decision making
• Engaging new constituencies and mobilizing political support to promote strong and early action to tackle climate change
• Creating the enabling regulatory environment that will stimulate a shift in investment towards a low carbon economy

The Asia - Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate (APP) brings together the governments and private sectors of Australia, Canada, China, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and the United States to facilitate investment in clean technologies, goods, and services; accelerates the sharing of energy-efficient best practices; and identifies policy barriers to the diffusion of clean energy technologies. This innovative public - private partnership is achieving real results through project - based public-private sector task forces covering eight energy-intensive sectors - aluminum, buildings and appliances, cement, fossil energy, coal mining, power generation and transmission, renewable energy and distributed generation, and steel. Partnership countries collectively account for more than half of the world's population, economy, and energy use.

For more information, please visit www.app.gov and www.asiapacificpartnership.org

Citi Foundation is committed to enhance economic opportunities for individuals and families, particularly those in need, in the communities where we work so that they can improve their standard of living. Globally, the Citi Foundation focuses its strategic giving on:

• Microfinance and Micro entrepreneurship to help people, especially women, improve the lives of their families.
• Small and Growing Businesses at the next stage of development that create employment and support economic growth.
• Education with a focus on increasing the supply of high quality basic education in local Citi markets and in the U.S. increasing young people's access to college.
• Financial Education and Asset Building to help individuals and families develop the skills and incentives to gain financial stability, grow and preserve financial assets
• Environment with a focus on sustainable enterprises that create jobs and support economic development while preserving the environment
• In United States and Canada, Citi Foundation also supports Community Development programs with a focus on increasing the supply of affordable housing and revitalizing neighborhoods.