British Aid: Colonial Development

British Aid - colonial development outlines the colonial background of today's aid programme. It traces the emergence of the idea of aid, specifically for development. It examines the Colonial Development Act of 1929 and the Colonial Development and Welfare Acts series which began in 1940. Debates, reports, conferences and committees upuntil the mid 1950s are discussed in some detail and the Aid White Papers of 1957, 1960 and 1963 are also covered.