The charts below the amount of financial aid that four countries received and how the money was spent in 1974 and 2014. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

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The charts give information about how the aid
money
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was spent by China, Indonesia, Thailand, and South
Africa
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and how much they received in the years 1974 and 2014. Overall, the given countries received more financial aid in 1974 than in 2014. They
also
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spent the majority of the
money
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on medicine in 1974, and on finances in 2014. In terms of the allocation of monetary
support
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, they spent exact 80
million
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on medical use and 70
million
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on catering and finance individually in the year 1974.
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, in 2014, these countries used the majority of their
money
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on medical and financial use, with 60
million
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and around 65
million
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respectively.
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, only about 15
million
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dollars was distributed to use on catering. In regards to how much
money
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support
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these four countries got in 1974 and 2014, South
Africa
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received the most
support
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money
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, with 65
million
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in 1974, China comes in
second
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, it got 3
million
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less than those South
Africa
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got (63
million
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), followed by Indonesia and Thailand, with 53
million
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and 48
million
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each. In 2014, they all received less
support
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than before, 42 dollars was distributed to South
Africa
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, 30
million
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to Indonesia and 18
million
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to Thailand. Meanwhile, China only got 6
million
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of financial aid in the year 2014.
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