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Thursday, November 03, 2011
World Bank appreciates different initiatives of BISP* Farzana Raja seeks international support for successful achievement of BISP’s objectives
ISLAMABAD: World Bank Human Development South Asian Region Director Michal Rutkowski said that the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) had proved to be a highly effective programme for poverty alleviation and women empowerment considering its efficiency, technology-based operations and transparency.
Addressing a meeting with Federal Minister and BISP Chairperson Farzana Raja at the BISP Secretariat, Rutkowski said that the programme ought to be replicated in other countries as well. Rutkowski said that the World Bank was proud of working with an organisation like BISP and appreciated its performance and reliability. While taking special interest in the vocational training scheme of BISP, he said that the corporate sector and foreign employers should also invest in this particular initiative. He said that the Waseela-e-Taleem initiative of BISP was instrumental in the promotion of education, as similar initiatives had been proved successful in other countries as well.
Earlier, Farzana Raja presented details of various initiatives of BISP for uplifting the living standards of millions of poor families across Pakistan. She said that one million children of these poor families would be enrolled in the schools under Waseela-e-Taleem. She said that BISP had employed state-of-the-art technology in all of its mechanisms to facilitate its beneficiaries in a more efficient and transparent manner.
Farzana Raja said that BISP was seeking cooperation from various public and private organisations working in the social sector to continue its various initiatives. She added that BISP needed the support of the World Bank, especially for its replication in other countries. pr
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