The IBRD The mission statement of the IBRD states that it "aims to reduce poverty in middle-income and creditworthy poorer countries by promoting sustainable development, through loans, guarantees, and non-lending-including analytical and advisory-services." The World Bank aims at issues such at building infrastructure (roads, dams, power plants), natural disaster relief, humanitarian emergencies, poverty reduction, infant mortality, gender equality, education, and long-term development issues. Furthermore, the World Bank tries to foster social reforms to promote economic development, such the empowerment of women, building schools and health centers, provision of clean water and electricity, fighting disease, and protecting the environment. Since 2000, the World Bank has been devoted to helping implement the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), drafted by the United Nations at the Millennium World Summit.

The goals are as follows:

1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger.

2. Achieve universal primary education.

3. Promote gender equality and empower women.

4. Reduce child mortality.

5. Improve maternal health.

6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases.

7. Ensure environmental sustainability.

8. Develop a global partnership for development.

The goals also have 18 specific targets and 48 performance indicators and are considered a step forward over previous development efforts because they set specific targets and timetables for achievement, with 2015 as the major deadline. Commemorating the ten year mark of when the MDG's were set, there was a major conference held at UN headquarters in New York in September 2010 to review what progress has been made, as well as the shortcomings of these projects. There is still great concern in the international community that nearly all of these goals are quite off-target, with the prospects of "eradicating extreme poverty and hunger" looking quite dismal.

Question: Review the eight goals Millennium Development Goals and suggest some improvements to the goals. As of this year, how would you list the Millennium Development Goals? Would the list from 1 to 8 stay the same, be switched around, or would some of the goals change completely? Be sure to include your rationale.

Please provide answers with refferences. Thanks