can provide capital for manufacturing and process
industries;
demonstrates
confidence in recipient government
because CDC is a long-term investor;
can complement the UK's bilateral aid programme; acts
as a bridge between grant-aid and commercial funding
and can provide management skills;
may be viewed as a political and independant
investment institution; and
can fill the gap where there is no UK bilateral aid
programme or ECGD cover.
One Post mentioned that HMG receives no credit for CDC
activities in their country. Some others thought there
should be greater complementarity between CDC and ODA
activities.
Question 11
How far do CDC operations contribute to the achievement of
UK political/diplomatic objectives? Please give specific
examples.
The majority of Posts felt that in a general way CDC helped
them to achieve their political/diplomatic objectives (eg
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