Yes, they are unashamedly visionary. They are deliberately designed to capture, and convey, the excitement and opportunity of global development in the 21 st Century. Even if so, nothing to be ashamed of. There's good practical politics, too, in projecting a vision. Successful international development requires conviction - conviction all round, from both governments and governed, in both developed and developing countries.
Vision helps breed conviction.
Polls tell us that compassion fatigue is not a problem in donor countries. What bothers people is that they don't know what their governments are doing about development, and in particular whether it is effective. This Government is committed to reversing the decline in the level of our aid. So the targets are certainly practical domestic politics if they rally public opinion behind development. Spending more means explaining more.