Records of the Harvard Institute for International Development, 1952-1987 (inclusive).

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Records of the Harvard Institute for International Development, 1952-1987 (inclusive).

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Consists of project and research files of DAS and HIID. Included are administrative records, with copies of outgoing letters, some minutes of staff meetings, memoranda, and teaching material; reports, funded by the Agency for International Development focusing on general comparative economic studies and related records; conference reports and project records. Also records of the Mason Program in Public Policy and Management. For more detailed information about records, see Harvard Archives LOCATION below.

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Harvard University Archives.

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Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Edward S. Mason Program

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Harvard institute for international development

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Established in 1974, the Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID) is a successor to the Development Advisory Service (DAS) which existed from 1962 to 1974 and was an affiliate of the Center for International Affairs. The Mason Program was established in 1957, and was designed to bring to Harvard public officials from developing countries. From the description of Records of the Harvard Institute for International Development, 1952-1987 (inclusive). (Harvard University). ...

Harvard University. Development Advisory Service

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United States. Agency for International Development

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On September 4, 1961 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 vas signed into law. On November 4, 1961 the Agency for International Development was set up in the Department of State to succeed the International Cooperation Administration. The main objective of AID was to combine the various foreign assistance programs into one program which would assist the underdeveloped countries in maintaining their independence by making them self-supporting nations. The Development Loan Fund, created in 1957 was ...