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Mr. O'Brien
Reference....
R&PA A. be
Stewart
Development Aid to the Dependent
Territories and Associated States after March,1970.
While the attempt to make territory governments adopt a modified cost/benefit approach to the projects which they submit
is basically a good idea, I wonder whether the smaller terri- tories (or even the not so small) will be able to do this. Ι
also wonder whether they will be able to produce meaningful development plans (or get them in on time). Unsatisfactory
background material or inadequate costing may hold up a project
which might in fact be an urgent and useful scheme. No doubt
this happens now,but I wonder whether the new scheme could reduce
administrative delays if, say, in the West Indies the Dev. Div.
could undertake to help the smaller territories in the prepara-
tion of their projects.and development plans?
I wonder whether the project approach will rule out small schemes which could hardly be called 'projects' (and which are of course costly to process and administer) but for which at the
present time there is no source of finance other than C.D.W.?
6 February, 1969.
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Sir A. Galsworthy Mr. Morgan
Mr. Bennett (G.S.A.D.)
Mr. Carter (H.K.D.)✓
Mr. Fairclough (W.I.D.)
Mr. Jerron (P.1.0.D.
Mr. Sewell (N.A.C.D.
Mr. Inman (Economists Dept.) Mrs. Macool7 (
Miss Durbin (F.P.A.D.)
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