During 2004 the big development-aid agencies committed about $1 billion to microfinance, according to CGAP, a donor consortium affiliated to the World Bank.
He has committed about $1.2 million to advertising there, according to figures provided by media strategists.
Mr. Romney's campaign, and a "super PAC" that supports him, have collectively committed about $14 million to advertising in the state, according to NBC News.
Delphi is an important supplier to G.M., which wants the company to emerge stable from bankruptcy and has already committed about $12 billion to help it.
For example, the federal government committed about $60 billion to the Superstorm Sandy recovery, while private relief donations only came to a few hundred million, Ottenhoff said.
Candidates and super PACs have committed about $8 million to advertising here on broadcast TV since the beginning of December, according to figures provided by a Republican strategist who closely monitors media spending.
By the end of this year, Cablevision will have committed about $450 million to its satellite project, almost all for construction costs by the builder, Lockheed Martin.
The government had committed about $30 billion to supporting JPMorgan Chase's emergency takeover of Bear Stearns, and just last weekend put up $200 billion in its rescue of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Morgan Stanley and its partners have already spent or committed about $600 million to buy properties in Seattle, New York and Montreal, and more than 15 additional properties in 14 cities worldwide.
The fund has already committed about $200 billion to Greece, Portugal and Ireland, and the German government has promised taxpayers that its own share, as the largest contributor, will not be more than $305 billion.
