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Author McWilliam, Michael, 1933-

Title The development business : a history of the Commonwealth Development Corporation / Michael McWilliam
Published Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave, ©2001

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 296 pages)
Contents Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Prologue; Part I A Will to Succeed 1948-62; Part II An Agency for Development 1963-79; Part III Making a Business of Development 1980-93; Part IV Reinventing CDC 1994-99; Epilogue; Appendix 1 Principal Reports; Appendix 2 CDC Leaders; Appendix 3 Ministers Responsible for CDC 1948-98; Appendix 4 CDC Profile 1951-97; Appendix 5 CDC Financial Highlights 1951-97; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary A study of institutional transformation over fifty years that mirrors changing perceptions of economic development in Britain's aid policies
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Commonwealth Development Corporation -- History
SUBJECT Commonwealth Development Corporation fast
Subject Economic assistance, British -- Commonwealth countries -- History
Development economics -- Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000 -- The Commonwealth.
Banking -- Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000 -- The Commonwealth.
Privatization -- Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000 -- The Commonwealth.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Affairs & Administration.
Economics.
British colonies
Economic assistance, British
Colonies -- Administration
SUBJECT Great Britain -- Colonies -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056645
Great Britain -- Colonies -- Administration -- History
Subject Commonwealth countries
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Commonwealth Development Corporation.
ISBN 0230504272
9780230504271
1280425970
9781280425974
9786610425976
6610425973