Reviews the evidence about how school feeding meets multiple objectives—including social
safety nets, education, nutrition, health, and local agriculture—and provides some indication …

Background School feeding programs are ubiquitous. Benchmarking expenditures for
school feeding is an important component of program accountability and sustainability …

School feeding programs are politically popular interventions. They are, nevertheless,
difficult to assess in terms of effectiveness since their impact is partially on education and …

The global food, fuel, and financial crises have given new prominence to school feeding as
a potential safety net and as a social support measure that helps keep children in …

Our objectives for this study were to provide updated, realistic data on the costs and cost-
outcomes of school feeding in Low and Middle Income Countries. We also aimed to identify …

ObjectiveAn analysis undertaken jointly in 2009 by the UN World Food Programme, The
Partnership for Child Development and the World Bank was published as Rethinking School …

Background School feeding interventions are implemented in nearly every country in the
world, with the potential to support the education, health and nutrition of school children. In …

School feeding programs (SFPs) are intended to alleviate short-term hunger, improve
nutrition and cognition of children, and transfer income to families. The present review …

Analysis shows that a quality education, combined with a guaranteed package of health and
nutrition interventions at school, such as school feeding, can contribute to child and …

School feeding program as a social safety net has been popular in developing countries as
an instrument for achieving the Millennium Development Goals. These programs are …