Overseas Development Administration and Ministry for Overseas Development: Caribbean...

OD 50

1972-1982

Contains registered files of the Caribbean Department and successors relating to the provision of development aid to countries in these regions.

By original file series reference within three-year file cycle.

CAR file series

Public Record(s)

English

• Ministry of Overseas Development, Caribbean Department, 1974-1979
• Overseas Development Administration, Caribbean and Pacific Department, 1979-1981
• Overseas Development Administration, Caribbean, Pacific and Latin America Department, 1981-1982

78 file(s)

Open unless otherwise stated

From 1998 Department for International Development

Topics

Caribbean

Aid and development

1974-

Series is accruing

OD 50/1-2 were selected for permanent preservation following an accelerated review process under the Open Government Initiative in the Overseas Development Administration which identified certain subjects whose records could be released early, including these files on the establishment of the British Development Division in the Pacific.

The Caribbean and Pacific Department (1979-1981) was succeeded by the Caribbean, Pacific and Latin American Department (1981-1982), the Latin American, Caribbean and Pacific Department (1982-1989), the Caribbean and Atlantic Department (1989-1990) and the Latin America, Caribbean and Atlantic Department (1990-), dealing with the provision of development aid to these geographical areas. Initially the Department only dealt with non-dependent territories in the Caribbean, as aid to dependent territories continued to be provided in co-operation with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office until 1984.