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Catalogue description Department of Technical Co-operation and successors: International and General Department and successors: Registered Files (IG Series)
| Reference: | OD 9 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Department of Technical Co-operation and successors: International and General Department and successors: Registered Files (IG Series) |
| Description: |
This series contains Department of Technical Co-operation files dealing with policy issues concerning Britain's contribution to overseas technical assistance. It includes records relating to various international aid bodies, including the Development Assistance Committee, the Commission for Technical Co-operation in Africa (CTCA), the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Development Agency and the European Economic Community, and technical assistance provided by the United Nations and its Economic Commission for Africa and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). |
| Date: | 1961-1981 |
| Related material: |
Earlier records can be found in CO 936 See also OD 108 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | IG file series |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English and French |
| Creator: |
Department of Technical Co-operation, International and General Department, 1961-1964 Ministry of Overseas Development, European Department, 1976-1979 Ministry of Overseas Development, International and European Department, 1974-1975 Ministry of Overseas Development, International Department, 1964-1970 Ministry of Overseas Development, International Trade and European Department, 1975-1976 Overseas Development Administration, European Department, 1979-1981 Overseas Development Administration, International and European Department, 1972-1974 Overseas Development Administration, International Department, 1970-1972 |
| Physical description: | 452 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Open unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 1989 Overseas Development Administration |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing |
| Publication note: |
A comprehensive guide to the type of work undertaken by the DTC can be found in Aid to Developing Countries (Cmnd 2147, September 1963). |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The International Department handled general questions relating to multilateral aid, including work with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, OECD and the International Development Agency, the Commonwealth, and the European Economic Community. From 1972, the International Department was known as the International and European Department, and it was followed in turn by the International Trade and European Department (1975-1976) and the European Department (1976-). |
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