ISLAMABAD: The Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) has proved to
be highly effective programme for poverty alleviation and women
empowerment considering its efficiency, technology based operations and
transparency; the programme ought to be replicated in the other
countries of the world as well.
According to a press release,
Michal Rutkowski, Director Human Development South Asian Region, World
Bank, said this during a meeting with Federal Minister and Chairperson
of BISP, Farzana Raja while heading a delegation here at BISP
Secretariat Wednesday.
Rutkowski said that the World Bank is
proud of working with organization like BISP and appreciates its
performance and reliability. While taking special interest in vocational
training scheme of BISP, he said that the corporate sector and foreign
employers may also invest in this particular initiative.
He
termed Waseela-e-Taleem initiative of BISP, instrumental in the
promotion of education, as similar initiatives have been proved
successful in the 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 out of school children of these poor families will be
enrolled in the schools under Waseela-e-Taleem.
She said that
BISP has employed state of the art technology in all of its mechanisms
to facilitate its beneficiary in a more efficient and transparent
manner. Farzana Raja said that BISP is seeking cooperation from various
public and private organizations of the world working in the social
sector to continue its various initiatives aiming at poverty alleviation
in an effective manner.
She added further that BISP needs
support of the World Bank for marketing BISP in the world especially for
replication of such experiences in the other countries. Online
