Now that we're in 07, 2015 doesn't seem all that far away. I've been hearing alot of discussion around the real attainability of MDGs recently. A recent paper by the World Bank assesses how much more funding would be required to reach the goal of reducing world poverty by 50%: an additional US$39 to $54 billion per year. The estimated costs for acheiving the MDG goals are: Education $10 - $30 billion, Health: $20 - $25 billion, Environment $5 - $21 billion, Total: $35 - $76 billion. However, as reaching the poverty goal will help reach the other goals and vice versa the final estimate is $40 to $60 billion per year. Putting a dollar amount on itself is actually the simple part- this additional aid will not be sufficient to attain the goals, as many countries will have to reform their policies and improve service delivery to make the additional spending effective.