Topics to develop prosperity

WBI focuses on seven themes which cut across sectors and regions and reflect strong country demand and the World Bank's corporate priorities.

Climate Change WBI raises awareness and understanding of the challenges and opportunities of climate change for developing countries.

 
Fragile and Conflict-Affected States

WBI uses rapid-results approaches and leadership programs to support fragile and conflict-affected states.

Governance

WBI helps develop the capacity of client countries to implement, support, and sustain governance reforms.

 

Growth and Competitiveness WBI fosters the exchange of knowledge and experience on economic growth and the financial crisis among policymakers and experts.

 

Health Systems WBI helps countries improve their health systems by building their capacity to implement health systems reform.

Public-Private Partnerships

WBI helps governments facilitate Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) to deliver essential public goods.

 

Urban WBI partners with institutions and organizations to improve the quality of professional service in urban governance

 

WHY do Parents prefer Sons over Daughters?

The 2001 census showed that there were only 927 girls for every 1000 boys in India.What do you think are the reasons for parents preferring sons over daughters? 

Mainly following tendencies are behind this, Think..............!

 

Sons are an investment, they take care of the parents in their old ageOnly sons can carry on the family lineage, daughters do not belong in the family once they are married

Daughters are an economic burden, the expenses incurred during their lifetime is too high

Girls are more vulnerable than boys. Their personal safety is too high a risk for parents to take care of

Charter on the Rights of the Child

It's important to remember that children who are facing a frightening situation have three fundamental concerns: Am I safe? Are you, the people who care for me, safe? How will this affect my daily life?

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Charter on the Rights of the Child

CRY- Child Rights and You

 

Over three decades of experience have shown CRY that providing relief is a short-term exercise and that sustainable change can be brought about only by addressing the structural and systemic root causes of poverty and social exclusion. CRY - Child Rights and You seeks your support to raise public awareness on the state of children in India and to demand the following non-negotiables from the government:

Child Rights Charter

• Ensure a universal definition of "child" to include all persons under the age of 18.
• Increase government expenditure on children. Specifically increase expenditure on education to 10% and health to 5% of GDP.
• All children age 6-18 years, without discrimination, should be in formal, full-time schools that provide quality education. All children below 6 years should be in anganwadis. The government should ensure that all children complete schooling.
• Complete prohibition on all forms of child labour across sectors including agriculture.
• Revision of the National Policy for Children (1974) to make it more comprehensive and in line with the Constitution and the United Nations Convention of Child Rights.
• Redraft the Free and Compulsory Education Bill to remove sanctions on parents. Concerned governments to face penalty for failure to provide free, compulsory education to all.
• Formulate and implement a comprehensive rights-based policy on food security for all with extensive legal safeguards, in order that no child goes to bed hungry and no child is born underweight and stay undernourished.
• Coverage of the Public Distribution System is expanded to include all poor and socially excluded families.
• Immediate provision of nutritious mid-day meals in all primary schools and extension of this scheme to include out-of-school children. Make available Integrated Child Development Services to all children under the age of six years, as per the Supreme Court order of November 2001.