The Conference of the Parties, by its decision 9/CP.10, requested the secretariat to prepare a report containing information that is relevant to addressing the future investment needs of developing countries for the purposes of fulfilling their commitments under the Convention, based on the experience of international funds and multilateral financial institutions. It requested the Subsidiary Body for Implementation to consider this report at its twenty-third session. This report contains information from the national communications under the Convention from Parties included in Annex I to the Convention (Annex I Parties) and Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention. It also contains information from reports and databases of multilateral financial institutions and bilateral agencies of Annex I Parties, and international funds. It highlights areas of investment needs of developing countries, and trends and patterns of activities and experiences of financial institutions relevant to these needs