Liberal Democrats
The Liberal Democrat Party also advocated the 0.7% of national income target in their 2005 manifesto and has been quite consistent in their policy approach to development. As a recent paper by Michael Moore, the Liberal Democrat Shadow International Development Secretary, called Development in a Downturn highlights, key strands of the Liberal Democrat 2010 agenda include:
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A ‘Green New Deal': combining measures to combat climate change with broader development measures.
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Multilateral institutions: increasing multilateral aid, coupled with championing democratic reforms of international financial institutions.
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Private capital: expanding private capital flows through helping simplify things like business investment and Diaspora remittances to developing countries.
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Coherence: improving policy coherence by coordinating development objectives throughout government departments.
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Enforcing aid commitments: ensuring that 2005 commitments made by G8 countries at Gleneagles are met sooner rather than later, in order to help developing countries during the ongoing financial crisis.
