I stated in a previous post here http://hipforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=68400 that Chinese officials need to give tax incentives to encourage parents to keep baby girls. It seems as though the Indian officials are on the right track, check out this story http://www.asiansexgazette.com/asg/south_asia/southasia04news55.htm
I hope that it works. I was just reading up on the methods of female infanticide still being practiced in some parts of India today. It really is a horrible tradition. Maybe they should start thinking about outlawing the dowry or at least controlling the amount of it.