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Overseas Development Administration and successors: Aid Policy and Finance Division;...

Catalogue reference: OD 141

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OD 141

This series contains records covering the development of policy regarding: UK aid (multilateral and bilateral);Commercial aspects of aid policy (including the Aid and Trade Provision);Financial policy and administration of the UK overseas aid...

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Reference

OD 141

Title
Overseas Development Administration and successors: Aid Policy and Finance Division; Registered Files (ES and FN series)
Date

1986-1994

Description

This series contains records covering the development of policy regarding:

  • UK aid (multilateral and bilateral);
  • Commercial aspects of aid policy (including the Aid and Trade Provision);
  • Financial policy and administration of the UK overseas aid programme; and
  • Evaluation of aid activities.

The series also includes records covering Overseas Development Administration (ODA) relations with the Crown Agents for Overseas Governments and Administrations, Commonwealth Development Corporation and the British Council.

Arrangement

These files are arranged in file reference order.

Related material

Files created prior to 1987 can be located within series: OD 20 OD 36 OD 44 OD 51 OD 71 OD 116

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

ESA, ESB, ESC, ESD, ESE, ESG, ESH, FNF, FNG, FNH, FNK, FNL, FNO and FNP

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
Overseas Development Administration, 1979-1997
Physical description

369 file(s)

Access conditions

Open unless otherwise stated

Immediate source of acquisition

From 2020 Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

From 2017 Department for International Development

Subjects
Topics
Trade and commerce
Aid and development
Accumulation dates

The paper file series started in 1987 and ended in 2006

Accruals

Series is accruing

Administrative / biographical background

File prefixes in this series were first used in 1987/88 and allocated to the Department(s) in Finance Division, later Finance and Aid Policy Division.

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

Overseas Development Administration (ODA):

1987 to 1990 Finance Department; Aid Policy Department; Investment and Crown Agents Department; Evaluation Department;1991 Finance Department; Aid Policy Department; CDC, Crown Agents and ATP Department; Evaluation Department;1992 to 1993 Finance Department; Aid Policy Department; British Council; CDC, Crown Agents and ATP Department; Evaluation Department;1994 Finance Department; Aid Policy Department; Evaluation Department;1995 Finance Department; Aid Policy Department; ATP Unit; Evaluation Department;1996 to 1997 Finance and Aid Policy Division: Aid Policy and Resources Department; Finance Department; Evaluation Department; Aid Economics and Small Enterprises Department; Multilateral and Research Economics Department.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14676074/

Catalogue hierarchy

Over 27 million records

This record is held at The National Archives, Kew

17,311 records

Within the department: OD

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