| Description | Grant file containing correspondence, minutes, agendas, grant overviews, copies of published material, reports, accounts, project proposal and funding requests relating to the All Party Group on Overseas Development (APGOD). Funding source(s): Barrow and Geraldine S. Cadbury Trust, Reconciliation Programme. Applicant overview: APGOD was established in 1984 as a forum for parliamentarians to engage in debates around how best to promote the economic and social development of poor and vulnerable countries. The Group's work includes a concentration on international debt and the role of Bretton Woods institutions in the development of poverty alleviation. Nature of support: In 1987 the Trust agreed to a single grant of £17,342 towards APGOD administrative staff costs. The deputy director of APGOD is also a leader at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI). In 1992 this support was continued for three years, the duration of the then current parliament. These grants were set at £21,000 per annum. Minutes: B&GSCT 6808, B&GSCT 7529, B&GSCT 7616, RP 1/95. Notes: File organised from newest to oldest. File numbered '7/16/2'. |