Commonwealth Development Corp
Other Business Names:
- Colonial Development Corp
- CDC Plc
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Government & government agency business related services
Government & other agency support & promotion services for business
Notes:
Established in 1948 as Colonial Development Corp, a statutory corporation formed to invest in economic development of Britain's colonies, later British Commonwealth. 1970 made first investment outside Commonwealth. 1963 renamed Commonwealth Development Corp and, later, CDC Plc. Continues as a government owned corporation investing and promoting business in the poorest countries
Publications:
- CDC. Celebrating sixty years of development. Diamond jubilee, 1948-2008 by Brain, Christopher, & Michael Cable
- Colonial Development Corporation, 1945-54 by Wicker, E R
- Development Business. A history of the Commonwealth Development Corporation by McWilliam, Michael
- Early years of the Colonial Development Corporation. British state enterprise during late colonialism by Cowen, Michael
- History of the Commonwealth Development Corporation, 1948-1972 by Rendell, William
- Official History of Colonial Development by Morgan, David J
- Oil Palm. A global history by Robins, Jonathan E
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Colonial Development Corp
- CDC Plc
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Government & government agency business related services Government & other agency support & promotion services for business
Notes:
Established in 1948 as Colonial Development Corp, a statutory corporation formed to invest in economic development of Britain's colonies, later British Commonwealth. 1970 made first investment outside Commonwealth. 1963 renamed Commonwealth Development Corp and, later, CDC Plc. Continues as a government owned corporation investing and promoting business in the poorest countriesPublications:
- CDC. Celebrating sixty years of development. Diamond jubilee, 1948-2008 by Brain, Christopher, & Michael Cable
- Colonial Development Corporation, 1945-54 by Wicker, E R
- Development Business. A history of the Commonwealth Development Corporation by McWilliam, Michael
- Early years of the Colonial Development Corporation. British state enterprise during late colonialism by Cowen, Michael
- History of the Commonwealth Development Corporation, 1948-1972 by Rendell, William
- Official History of Colonial Development by Morgan, David J
- Oil Palm. A global history by Robins, Jonathan E