Impact Evaluation of School Feeding Programs in Lao PDR

Despite the popularity and widespread implementation of school feeding programmes, evidence of their impact on school participation and nutritional status is mixed. In this study we evaluate feeding programmes in three districts of the Lao People's Democratic Republic. Feeding modalities includ...

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Main Authors:	Buttenheim, Alison, Alderman, Harold, Friedman, Jed
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2013
Subjects:	impact evaluation food-for-education propensity-score matching conditional transfers
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13337

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spelling	okr-10986-133372021-04-23T14:03:07Z Impact Evaluation of School Feeding Programs in Lao PDR Buttenheim, Alison Alderman, Harold Friedman, Jed impact evaluation food-for-education propensity-score matching conditional transfers Despite the popularity and widespread implementation of school feeding programmes, evidence of their impact on school participation and nutritional status is mixed. In this study we evaluate feeding programmes in three districts of the Lao People's Democratic Republic. Feeding modalities included on-site feeding, take-home rations, and a combined modality. District-level implementation of the intervention sites and selective take-up presented considerable evaluation challenges. To address these, we use difference-in-difference estimators with propensity-score weighting to construct plausible counterfactuals. We find minimal evidence that school feeding increased enrolment or improved nutritional status. Several robustness checks and possible explanations for null findings are presented. 2013-05-09T14:01:58Z 2013-05-09T14:01:58Z 2011-11-25 Journal Article Journal of Development Effectiveness 1943-9342 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13337 en_US Journal of Development Effectiveness;3(4) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/ World Bank Taylor and Francis Journal Article Lao People's Democratic Republic
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description	Despite the popularity and widespread implementation of school feeding programmes, evidence of their impact on school participation and nutritional status is mixed. In this study we evaluate feeding programmes in three districts of the Lao People's Democratic Republic. Feeding modalities included on-site feeding, take-home rations, and a combined modality. District-level implementation of the intervention sites and selective take-up presented considerable evaluation challenges. To address these, we use difference-in-difference estimators with propensity-score weighting to construct plausible counterfactuals. We find minimal evidence that school feeding increased enrolment or improved nutritional status. Several robustness checks and possible explanations for null findings are presented.
format	Journal Article
author	Buttenheim, Alison Alderman, Harold Friedman, Jed
author_facet	Buttenheim, Alison Alderman, Harold Friedman, Jed
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title	Impact Evaluation of School Feeding Programs in Lao PDR
title_short	Impact Evaluation of School Feeding Programs in Lao PDR
title_full	Impact Evaluation of School Feeding Programs in Lao PDR
title_fullStr	Impact Evaluation of School Feeding Programs in Lao PDR
title_full_unstemmed	Impact Evaluation of School Feeding Programs in Lao PDR
title_sort	impact evaluation of school feeding programs in lao pdr
publisher	Taylor and Francis
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Impact Evaluation of School Feeding Programs in Lao PDR

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