There has been significant progress in development in a number of African countries in recent years, mainly because of big investments from China, cheap anti-retroviral drugs, increased aid and the cancellation of debt which enabled better spending in schools and health care systems.

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Since 2006, tourism spending in East African coastal countries has risen 25% more slowly than other sub-Saharan African nations, mainly because of fewer arrivals from high-income citizens of OECD countries.

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