Publications List
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New benchmarks for costs and cost-efficiency of school-based feeding programs in food-insecure areas
School feeding is a popular intervention that has been used to support the education, health and nutrition of school children. Although the benefits of school feeding are well documented, the...
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Can multi-micronutrient food fortification improve the micronutrient status, growth, health, and cognition of schoolchildren? A systematic review
Micronutrient deficiencies compromise the health and development of many school-age children worldwide. Previous research suggests that micronutrient interventions might benefit the health and...
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Do Crowded Classrooms Crowd Out Learning? Evidence From the Food for Education Programme in Bangladesh
The concern that learning performance may be adversely affected by increased class size appears to be unfounded. But unchecked, the negative peer effect could hinder student achievement.
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School feeding: Outcomes and costs
School-feeding programs are popular development assistance programs in developing countries but have previously had few sound, empirical analyses of their effectiveness and costs. The goals of this...
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Rethinking School Feeding: Social Safety Nets, Child Development, and the Education Sector
The objective of this publication is to provide guidance on how to develop and implement effective school feeding programs, in the context of both a productive safety net, as part of the...
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The Brazilian school feeding programme: an example of an integrated programme in support of food and nutrition security
The present paper analyses the advances and challenges of the school feeding programme in Brazil (PNAE), as part of the Brazilian experience building up an integrated food and nutrition security...
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State of School Feeding Worldwide 2013
This report begins a systematic process to better understand the strengths and challenges of school feeding programmes globally. It is a work in progress, and presents the current status of our...
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Structured Demand and Smallholder Farmers in Brazil: the Case of PAA and PNAE
In the last decade, Brazil gained widespread recognition around the world for its successful initiatives in fighting hunger and extreme poverty. The country’s experience is serving as...
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The WFP-World Bank IFPRI Three-Country Studies: Results and Evidence Based Learning from Impact Evaluation Studies School Feeding
This summary presents the findings and implications from the three country-studies which were jointly undertaken by the World Bank, IFPRI and the World Food Programme on School Feeding Programmes in...
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The costs and cost-efficiency of providing food through schools in areas of high food insecurity
To estimate the programmatic costs and cost-efficiency associated with providing food through schools in food-insecure, developing-country contexts, by analyzing global project data from the World...