First published in 1984. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Table of Contents

Colonial development policy before 1914; war and reconstruction 1914-21 -the economics of siege, colonial office responses, conclusion; imperial policy and the development of East Africa 1918-21 - applications or issues under East African protectorates loans act of 1914, the Uganda development loan 1920, the Kenya loan 1921, conclusion; unemployment and colonial development policy - the trade facilities act 1921-24 - unemployment and government expenditure, the trade facilities act 1921, the trade facilities act 1922, the trade facilities act 1924, conclusion; the development of East Africa 1921-26 - the Uganda development loan and the East African war debt 1921-24, the u3,500,000 loan to Kenya and Uganda 1924, the East Africa loans act 1926, conclusion; the colonial development act 1929 -the origins of the colonial development bill, drafting the colonial development bill, April-July 1929, conclusion; colonial development policy in the 1930s - the colonial development advisory committee, financial restraints, applications and terms of aid, colonial development and metropolitan needs, conclusion; the colonial development and welfare act 1940 - the colonial question in the later 1930s, Malcolm McDonald and the West Indies, reviewing the colonial development act, the impact of war, conclusion; conclusions - policies and policy-making - imperial government expenditure on colonial development, policy-makers, policy-making.