Description: Rethinking School Feeding Social Safety Nets, Child Development, and the Education Sector

Rethinking School Feeding Social Safety Nets, Child Development, and the Education Sector

This review highlights three main findings. First, school feeding programs in low-income countries exhibit large variation in cost, with concomitant opportunities for cost containment. Second, as countries get richer, school feeding costs become a...

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Main Authors:	Bundy, Donald, Burbano, Carmen, Grosh, Margaret, Gelli, Aulo, Jukes, Matthew, Drake, Lesley
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACHIEVEMENT IN MATHEMATICS ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS ANEMIA ARITHMETIC SCORES ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS ATTENDANCE OF CHILDREN ATTENDANCE RATES AVAILABILITY OF FOOD AVAILABILITY OF TEXTBOOKS BARRIERS TO EDUCATION BASIC EDUCATION BENEFICIARIES BENEFICIARY BILHARZIA BLENDED FOODS CAROTENE CASH TRANSFER CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS CASH TRANSFERS CHILD ALLOWANCES CHILD GROWTH CHILD LABOR CHILD NUTRITION COGNITIVE FUNCTION COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS COMPLETION RATES CONDITIONAL CASH CONFLICT COOKING DIARRHEA DIET DIETARY ENERGY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN DONOR SUPPORT DROPOUT RATE DROPOUT RATES DRY RATIONS EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC CRISIS ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATION FOR ALL EDUCATION GOALS EDUCATION OUTCOMES EDUCATION POLICY EDUCATION SERVICES EDUCATIONAL ACCESS EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS EDUCATIONAL COSTS EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES EDUCATORS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS EMERGENCY SITUATIONS ENROLLMENT OF BOYS ENROLLMENT OF GIRLS ENROLLMENT RATES EQUITABLE ACCESS FEMALE STUDENTS FINANCIAL CRISES FINANCIAL CRISIS FIRST GRADE FLOUR FOOD PREPARATION FOOD PRICES FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD PROGRAMS FOOD QUALITY FOOD RESOURCES FOOD SECURITY FORMAL EDUCATION FORTIFIED FOODS FREE FOOD GENDER DIMENSIONS GENDER EQUITY GENDER EQUITY IN EDUCATION HEALTH CARE HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH ORGANIZATION HEALTH PROGRAMS HIGH DROPOUT HIGHER GRADES HOME RATIONS HORIZONTAL EQUITY HOUSEHOLD BENEFIT HOUSEHOLD INCOME HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUNGER HYGIENE IMPROVEMENT IN LITERACY INCENTIVE SCHEMES INCOME INCOME SHOCKS INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION INVOLVEMENT OF TEACHERS IODINE IRON IRON DEFICIENCY IRON SUPPLEMENTS LEARNING LEVEL OF EDUCATION MALNOURISHED CHILDREN MALNUTRITION MATERNAL NUTRITION MEAT METABOLISM MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCY MICRONUTRIENT FORTIFICATION MICRONUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTATION MICRONUTRIENTS MINERALS NATIONAL EDUCATION NATIONAL SCHOOL NEEDY CHILDREN NET ENROLLMENT NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF STUDENTS NUTRIENT NUTRITION EDUCATION NUTRITION INTERVENTION NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS NUTRITION POLICIES NUTRITION PROGRAMS NUTRITION SERVICES NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS NUTRITIONAL DEFICITS NUTRITIONAL STATUS NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTATION OLDER CHILDREN PARTICIPATION OF CHILDREN POOR POOR NUTRITION POVERTY LINE POVERTY REDUCTION PRIMARY COMPLETION PRIMARY COMPLETION RATE PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY GRADE PRIMARY GRADES PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION PRIMARY SCHOOLS PROCESSED FOODS PROVISION OF FOOD PURCHASING POWER QUALITY EDUCATION QUALITY OF EDUCATION READING REPEATERS RETENTION RATES RICE SAFETY NET SAFETY NET PROGRAMS SCHOOL AGE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL BREAKFAST SCHOOL CANTEENS SCHOOL CHILDREN SCHOOL COMPLETION SCHOOL DAY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL ENTRY SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT SCHOOL FACILITIES SCHOOL FEEDING SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMS SCHOOL FEES SCHOOL GARDENS SCHOOL HEALTH SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE SCHOOL MEAL SCHOOL MEALS SCHOOL PARTICIPATION SCHOOL PERFORMANCE SCHOOL SNACKS SCHOOL YEAR SCHOOL-AGE SCHOOL-AGE CHILD SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN SCHOOLCHILDREN SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SECONDARY SCHOOLS SITE FEEDING SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL BENEFITS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL PENSIONS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SAFETY NET SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENT LEARNING TARGETED TRANSFERS TARGETING TEACHER TEACHING TRANSFER PROGRAM UNIVERSAL COVERAGE VERTICAL EQUITY VITAMIN VITAMIN A VITAMIN A SUPPLEMENTATION VITAMINS VULNERABLE CHILDREN VULNERABLE GROUPS WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME
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Summary:	This review highlights three main findings. First, school feeding programs in low-income countries exhibit large variation in cost, with concomitant opportunities for cost containment. Second, as countries get richer, school feeding costs become a much smaller proportion of the investment in education. For example, in Zambia the cost of school feeding is about 50 percent of annual per capita costs for primary education; in Ireland it is only 10 percent. Further analysis is required to define these relationships, but supporting countries to maintain an investment in school feeding through this transition may emerge as a key role for development partners. Third, the main preconditions for the transition to sustainable national programs are mainstreaming school feeding in national policies and plans, especially education sector plans; identifying national sources of financing; and expanding national implementation capacity. Mainstreaming a development policy for school feeding into national education sector plans offers the added advantage of aligning support for school feeding with the processes already established to harmonize development partner support for the education for all-fast track initiative.

Rethinking School Feeding Social Safety Nets, Child Development, and the Education Sector

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