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- Title
A Re-examination of the 1929 Colonial Development Act.
- Authors
Abbott, George C.
- Abstract
This article examines the 1929 Colonial Development Act in Great Britain. The 1929 Colonial Development Act was the first real attempt to formalize the Chamberlain ad hoc approach to colonial development. Colonial assistance was now given only after a systematic examination of all schemes and projects put forward by colonial governments. The act introduced a greater degree of self-consciousness and systematization. It also created the machinery for the examination of all projects. More important, however, it introduced an entirely new concept of colonial development in which the provision of annual grants and loans would prove mutually advantageous to Great Britain and to the colonial territories. The idea of doing something for the colonies while at the same time serving the interests of Great Britain government was formally recognized in the dual objectives of the Act, which was enacted specifically for the purpose of aiding and developing agriculture and industry in the colony or territory and thereby promoting commerce with or industry in Great Britain. There has however been some doubt as to the extent or priority of the mutuality of interests, which the Act envisaged.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; COLONIAL law; IMPERIALISM; COMMERCE; CROP insurance; GOVERNMENT policy; GOAL (Psychology)
- Publication
Economic History Review, 1971, Vol 24, Issue 1, p68
- ISSN
0013-0117
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/2593641