如今，世界银行和其他发展机构正在为千年发展目标（Millennium Development Goals）之后的发展日程制定优先项。 千年发展目标将于2015年正式结束，其中包括了促进性别平等、将增加妇女权益作为经济增长战略等具体目标。
Today, the World Bank and other development agencies are mapping out the global development priorities that will follow the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which officially end in 2015 and included specific targets for promoting gender equality and empowering women as a strategy for economic growth.