Catalogue description Overseas Development Administration and successors: Latin America, Caribbean and Pacific Department; Registered files (AS and LAD series)

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Reference: OD 138
Title: Overseas Development Administration and successors: Latin America, Caribbean and Pacific Department; Registered files (AS and LAD series)
Description:

This series contains records of the Caribbean, Pacific and Latin America Department and successors on a wide variety of subjects including development of policy and provision of UK bilateral and multilateral aid to countries throughout South/Central America, Caribbean, Pacific and South Atlantic regions (Commonwealth and Non-Commonwealth and UK Dependent Territories).
Date: 1985-1992
Arrangement:

These files are arranged in file reference order.

Related material:

Files created prior to 1987 can be located within series OD 115
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: ASF, ASG, ASH, ASI, ASJ, ASK, ASR, AST, ASU and LAD
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Department for International Development, 1997-

Overseas Development Administration, Caribbean, Pacific and Latin America Department, 1981-1982

Overseas Development Administration, Latin America, Caribbean and Pacific Department, 1982-1989
Physical description: 244 file(s)
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2017 Department for International Development
Accumulation dates: The paper file series started in 1987 and ended in 2006
Accruals: Series is accruing.
Administrative / biographical background:

The AS series prefixes were first used and allocated to departments in the Asia and the Oceans Division in 1987/88 and allocated to the Department(s) dealing with aid to countries throughout the South/Central America, Caribbean and Pacific regions; also (later) UK Dependent Territories in the South Atlantic region, (Commonwealth and Non-Commonwealth) until the final period of Department for International Development (DFID) paper files, 2004/06.

From 1997 onwards responsibility for the provision and administration of both bilateral and multilateral aid was devolved from DFID headquarters to various countries throughout South/Central America and Caribbean region.

The creating departments within the Africa Division for these files are defined as follows:

Overseas Development Administration (ODA):

1987 to 1989 Latin America, Caribbean and Pacific Department; 1990 Latin America and Pacific Department; Caribbean and Atlantic Department;1991 to 1996 Latin America, Caribbean and Atlantic Department.

Department for International Development (DFID):

1997 to 2003 Latin America, Caribbean and Atlantic Department; various overseas offices in South America, Central America and the Caribbean;2004 to 2006 Latin America and Caribbean Department; various overseas offices in South America, Central America and the Caribbean.

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