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The chart below shows the amount of money given to developing countries from five organisations from 2008 to 2011.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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WhyThis is aBar chart — it asks you to compare the most important categories.
SoWe split the points intoOverview(the biggest differences or patterns)andKey features(figures and comparisons worth reporting).
Overall, the financial allocations from organisation 2 witnessed the most significant increase while those from organisation 4 and 5 took the opposite direction.
Among these, organisation 3 remained the most significant contributor during the first 2 years while this position belonged to organisation 2 in the latter half of the period.
Additionally, financial aid from organization C remained relatively stable throughout.
At the start of the period, the largest funding came from organisation 3, amounting to 1.5 billion dollars.
This was followed by organisation 2 and 5, with each providing an allocation of around 1.25 billion dollars.
The fourth and fifth place went to organisation 4 and organisation 1, with respective figures being approximately 0.7 and 0.6 billion dollars.
Thereafter, the amount of money provided by organisation 2 registered a sharp growth to an unprecedented 2.6 billion dollars, establishing it as the organisation with the largest investment.
In contrast, the trend for organisation 5 and 4 was downward, decreasing to 0.4 and 0.3 billion dollars respectively in 2011.
Thereafter, it increased to reach a peak of nearly 1 billion dollars in 2009 before leveling off at about 0.7 from 2010 to 2011.
Despite hitting a high of approximately 1.7 billion in 2009, this economic aid had returned to its initial level by the end of the timeframe.
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The bar graph compares how much money was provided by five different organisations to developing countries between 2008 and 2011.
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At the start of the period, the largest funding came from organisation 3, amounting to 1.5 billion dollars.
Among these, organisation 3 remained the most significant contributor during the first 2 years while this position belonged to organisation 2 in the latter half of the period.
Despite hitting a high of approximately 1.7 billion in 2009, this economic aid had returned to its initial level by the end of the timeframe.
Thereafter, it increased to reach a peak of nearly 1 billion dollars in 2009 before leveling off at about 0.7 from 2010 to 2011.
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