The Falkland Islands Development Corporation (FIDC) is a quasi-autonomous, government-established, largely self-funding body responsible for encouraging the economic development of the

Falkland Islands The Falkland Islands (; ), commonly referred to as The Falklands, is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. The principal islands are about east of South America's southern Patagonian coast and from Cape Dub ...

. It was set up in 1984 and is mainly funded from its own reserves and income streams. Initiatives it has fostered include

air transport Aviation includes the activities surrounding mechanical flight and the aircraft industry. ''Aircraft'' include fixed-wing and rotary-wing types, morphable wings, wing-less lifting bodies, as well as lighter-than-air aircraft such as hot ai ...

, connection to the global containerised shipping network, supporting agricultural diversification, establishing a meat export industry and promoting

tourism Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the Commerce, commercial activity of providing and supporting such travel. World Tourism Organization, UN Tourism defines tourism more generally, in terms which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as ...

. It also offers advice, loans and grants to further local business development.

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FIDC
1984 establishments in the Falkland Islands Economy of the Falkland Islands Organizations established in 1984 {{Falklands-stub