LC control no. | n 80152857 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Corporate name heading | Commonwealth Development Corporation |
Variant(s) | CDC (Commonwealth Development Corporation) |
See also | Predecessor: Colonial Development Corporation Successor: CDC Group |
Associated country | Great Britain |
Found in | Its Report and statement of accounts. Wikipedia, British International Investment, viewed August 2, 2024 (British International Investment, formerly CDC Group plc, Commonwealth Development Corporation, and Colonial Development Corporation, is the development finance institution of the UK government; the original Colonial Development Corporation was established as a statutory corporation in 1948 by Clement Attlee's post-war Labour government, to assist British colonies in the development of agriculture; following the independence of many colonies, it was renamed the Commonwealth Development Corporation in 1963, and was permitted to invest outside the Commonwealth in 1969; as part of the Commonwealth Development Corporation Act 1999, CDC was converted from a statutory corporation to a public limited company renamed CDC Group plc, with all shares owned by the UK Government) Great Britain. National Audit Office. Investing for development, c2008: p. 4 (CDC Group plc, formerly the Commonwealth Development Corporation) |
Not found in | Colonial Development Corporation. Annual report and statement of accounts for the year ended 31st December ... 1948: t.p. (Colonial Development Corporation) |