Global Britain and the Post-colonial World: The British Approach to Aid Policies at the 1964 Juncture

Abstract

The mid-1960s marked the transition in Britain's external relations from colonial rule to post-imperial statehood. At this juncture reconsiderations occurred with regard to external economic policy, including aid. The article focuses on the approach to overseas aid in the purpose-oriented Overseas Development Ministry (ODM) during the Labour government from 1964 with two objectives in mind. It explores how the transition influenced British aid doctrine; and it examines in what ways political contexts, including the Cold War, and economic considerations affected the formulation of policies. The article argues that aid policy took on new characteristics during the period. However, these resulted from the contextual dynamics between technical-economic and political considerations on aid in Britain and overseas rather than exclusively from doctrine. The analysis draws on debates in British government departments, using Britain's aid relations with India and East Africa as examples.

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