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A new Big Dam Era? Why does development love a dam?
At the COP27 climate summit, President William Ruto of Kenya and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of the UK announced a Strategic Partnership to support UK investment and trade with Kenya, backed by £400 million in British aid funding. A core … Continue reading
The 2019 Labour Party Manifesto: some interesting ideas, but lacks the ambition of its domestic agenda
Labour’s policies and approach to international development are framed within a broader theme of ‘a new internationalism’. This will be attractive to those who came to the Labour tradition from an internationalist perspective, and framing international development aspirations within … Continue reading
The 2019 Conservative Party Manifesto: good news for pets and farm animals, but otherwise meh!
Given the relative lack of international development in any election, never mind one which revolves principally around the issue of Brexit and the reaction to the two personalities most likely to be entering Downing Street on the 13th December, … Continue reading
The 2019 Liberal Democrat Manifesto: climate change, inequality and the importance of multilateralism
If you read my 2017 summary of manifestos, you will remember I was impressed with theLib Dems, a party that has traditionally exhibited some quite interesting thinking about development. So how does it stack up this time around? The … Continue reading
The 2019 Green Party Manifesto: right all along?
At the heart of the Green Party manifesto is the Green New Deal, and unsurprisingly its international development commitments are framed through that lens. Its policies are probably the most ambitious of all the parties, including: A massive increase … Continue reading
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