ABSTRACT
The establishment of the Advisory Council was a promising development, an attempt by the government to come to terms with Sudanese nationalism, but was, however, severely criticized on several grounds. The post-First World War period saw a continuation and refinement of the distinct pace of development, largely as a response to the requirements of Indirect Rule which, as in the north, appealed to British officials for practical, political and philosophical reasons. The impasse in Anglo-Egyptian negotiations, which had been resumed in 1950, ironically speeded up political developments in the Sudan. Improved communications, education and social services, and a manufacturing capability in addition to the development of agriculture, were planned to lead to self-sufficiency. The Sudanese economy continued in the period to be firmly based upon agriculture, and depended on cotton as its major cash-crop. Agricultural projects were undertaken in other areas.
