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With the launch of the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) in 2000, the USA embarked on an ambitious RD programme in nanotechnology and federal expenditure has increased from $220 million in 2000 to around $750 in 2003, with a budget request of $982 million for 2005.

With an oil price of $70/barrel this would fall to €5.2-€11.4 bn. However, even using the most modern technologies, the cost of EU-produced biofuels will make it difficult for them to compete with fossil fuels, at least in the short to medium term.

Poverty eradication || Eradicate extreme poverty Could include extreme income and multidimensional poverty || Reduce the proportion of people vulnerable to extreme poverty and living on less than $2 a day Could cover “at risk of poverty” lines and higher poverty thresholds || Reduce the proportion of people living below national poverty lines, including persons belonging to vulnerable groups Could cover absolute and relative poverty lines according to nationally grounded definitions of poverty || Reduce the cost of remittances and reduce the costs of migration, including recruitment costs Could include transaction costs, recruitment costs and financial inclusion of migrants and their families || Ensure secure rights to land, property, and o ...[+++]ther assets Could include land tenure, infrastructure, financial inclusion and seasonality of income || Build resilience and reduce deaths and economic loss from disasters Could include risk assessment and disaster risk management; early warning systems; financial mechanisms and recovery framework; , and linking of relief, rehabilitation and development

The long-term federal commitment of the USA has been recently assured by the "21st Century Nanotechnology Development Act", running from 2005-2008 in which almost $3.7 billion is allocated to five agencies (NSF, DoE, NASA, NIST and EPA) and will more than double their current level of funding by 2008.