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Overseas Development Administration and successors: Africa, the Middle East and Mediterranean;...
Catalogue reference: OD 137
What's it about?
OD 137
This series contains files of the Africa Division within the Overseas Development Administration and the Department for International Development, covering the development of policy and provision of UK bilateral and multilateral aid to countries...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- OD 137
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Title (The name of the record)
- Overseas Development Administration and successors: Africa, the Middle East and Mediterranean; Registered Files (AF Series).
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1986-1995
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains files of the Africa Division within the Overseas Development Administration and the Department for International Development, covering the development of policy and provision of UK bilateral and multilateral aid to countries throughout Africa, the Mediterranean and Middle East region (Commonwealth and non-Commonwealth).
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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These files are arranged in file reference order.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Files created prior to 1987 can be located within series OD 112 OD 113 OD 65
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- AFA, AFB, AFC, AFD, AFE, AFF, AFG, AFH, AFI, AFJ, AFK, AFL, AFM, AFN, AFO, AFP, AFQ, AFR, AFS, AFT, AFU, AFV, AFW, AFX and AFZ
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Department for International Development, 1997-1997
- Overseas Development Administration, 1979-1997
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 385 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2017 Department for International Development
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Aid and development
- Middle East
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1987 to 2006
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The AF series prefixes were first used and allocated to departments in Africa Division in 1987/88, including departments dealing with aid to countries in the Mediterranean and Middle East region, and continued in use for departments in this Division 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 offices in various countries throughout Africa and, to a smaller extent, the Middle East. This series will also contain files sent to the UK from external offices for second review.
The creating departments within the Africa Division for these files are defined as follows:
Overseas Development Administration (ODA):
1987 to 1992 Eastern Africa Department, Central and Southern Africa Department, West and North Africa and the Mediterranean Department. 1993 to 1996 Eastern Africa Department, Central and Southern Africa Department, West and North Africa Department.
Department for International Development (DFID):
1997 Africa Greater Horn and Co-ordination Department, Central and Southern Africa Department, West and North Africa Department, various overseas offices in Africa and the Middle East. 1998 to 2000 Africa Greater Horn and Co-ordination Department, Africa Greater Horn Department, Africa Policy and Economics Department, West and North Africa and the Mediterranean Department, various overseas offices in Africa and the Middle East. 2001 to 2003 Africa Greater Horn Department, Africa Policy and Economics Department, Africa Great Lakes/Greater Horn Department, Middle East and North Africa Department, West Africa and North Africa Department, various overseas offices in Africa and the Middle East. 2004 to 2006 Africa Policy Department, Great Lakes and Horn Department, IMFUNDO, Africa Conflict and Humanitarian Unit, Middle East and North Africa Department, West Africa Department, various overseas offices in Africa and the Middle East.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14667688/
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