Select Committee · International Development Committee
Future of CDC
Status: Closed
Opened: 22 Oct 2010
Closed: 1 Apr 2012
CDC is wholly owned by the Department for International Development (DFID). CDC was created after World War II as the Colonial (later Commonwealth) Development Corporation to invest in developing countries. It does not make direct investments, but instead invests with fund managers with the aim of maximising sustainable business growth and mobilising private finance. CDC …