Overseas Development Administration and successors: Latin America, Caribbean and...

OD 138

1985-1992

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).

These files are arranged in file reference order.

Files created prior to 1987 can be located within series OD 115

ASF, ASG, ASH, ASI, ASJ, ASK, ASR, AST, ASU and LAD

Public Record(s)

English

• Department for International Development, 1997-1997
• Overseas Development Administration, Caribbean, Pacific and Latin America Department, 1981-1982
• Overseas Development Administration, Latin America, Caribbean and Pacific Department, 1982-1989

244 file(s)

Open unless otherwise stated

From 2017 Department for International Development

Topics

Caribbean

Aid and development

Americas

The paper file series started in 1987 and ended in 2006

Series is accruing.

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.