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PREM19/1591
Overseas Aid (Overseas aid policy: International Development Association (IDA)) (Part 4)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 295
Themes: Foreign policy (Africa), Foreign policy (development, aid, etc), Foreign policy (International organizations), Public spending & borrowing

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Date Value Title
84 Jan 5 Th Major Overseas Aid: No.10 letter to FCO ("IDA 7") [UK contributions to International Development Association: MT 'takes the view that it would be a mistake to contribute to a supplementary fund'] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Jan 9 Mo Major Overseas Aid: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("IDA 7") [UK contributions to International Development Association: question of additional contribution to a supplementary fund] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Jan 11 We Major Overseas Aid: Coles minute to MT ("IDA: Supplementary Fund") [UK contributions to International Development Association: discussion of additional contribution to a supplementary fund can be postponed] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Jan 18 We Major Overseas Aid: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Howe-Chancellor of the Exchequer-Tebbit) ["IDA 7": additional contribution to International Development Association supplementary fund] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Feb 8 We Major Overseas Aid: President Nimeiri of DR Sudan letter to MT (UK contributions to the International Development Association) [IDA 7: funding negotiations] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Mar 20 Tu Major Overseas Aid: Willy Brandt and Shridath Ramphal letter to MT (International Development Association funding negotiations) [Independent Commission on International Development Issues: the Brandt Commission] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Apr 3 Tu Major Overseas Aid: MT letter to Willy Brandt and Shridath Ramphal (International Development Association funding negotiations) [Independent Commission on International Development Issues: the Brandt Commission] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Apr 3 Tu Major Overseas Aid: MT letter to President Nimeiri of DR Sudan (UK contributions to the International Development Association) [IDA 7: funding negotiations] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Jul 23 Mo Major Overseas Aid: Powell minute to MT ("Multilateral Versus Bilateral Aid") [exchange of correspondence between Howe, Tebbit and Rees] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Aug 1 We Major Overseas Aid: Department of Trade & Industry letter to Powell ("Major Project Report") [report on major projects in the overseas projects field] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Sep 10 Mo Major Overseas Aid: Perez de Cuellar message to MT (funding for the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)) [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Oct 3 We Major Overseas Aid: MT letter to Perez de Cuellar (funding for the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)) [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Oct 30 Tu Major Overseas Aid: Overseas Development Administration letter to Powell ("VSO and Oxfam") [Government funding for Voluntary Service Overseas and Oxfam] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Nov 13 Tu Major Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1600Z) (Aid Budget, Coal Strike, Coin v Note) [tired of bleeding hearts who supported coal strike and also wanted more overseas aid] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Nov 14 We Major Overseas Aid: Howe minute to Tebbit ("Aid Trade Provision") [spending cuts: proposal to reduce planning figure for the Aid Trade Provision] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Nov 14 We Major Overseas Aid: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Howe) [spending cuts to Aid and Overseas budget: likely political implications] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Nov 14 We Minor Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1600Z) (Anglo-Irish Summit, Overseas Aid, UNESCO, Miners) [coal strike had cost £1.3b otherwise available for overseas aid] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Nov 15 Th Major Overseas Aid: Ingham minute to Alison and Flesher ("Robert Rhodes James") [spending cuts to Aid programme: response to suggestion that lobby briefings have 'impugn[ed] the motives of Mr Robert Rhodes James'] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Nov 26 Mo Major Overseas Aid: Overseas Development Administration letter to Powell ("VSO: Administrative Costs and Overheads") [Government funding to Voluntary Service Overseas; MT: unit costs of '£5,000 per volunteer is ridiculous'] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Dec 1 Sa Major Overseas Aid: President Nyerere of Tanzania letter to MT (drought in Africa: Ethiopia, Mozambique, Mali, Chad, Sudan and Somalia) [seeks increased UK food and logistical support] [declassified Dec 2014]