School Feeding Programs and Development : Are We Framing the Question Correctly?

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 partially on school health. They are, additionally, a means to augment consumption by vulnerable populations. The auth...

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Main Authors:	Alderman, Harold, Bundy, Donald
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2014
Subjects:	adolescent girls basic education classroom cognitive function education expenditures education for all education goals learning nutrition program pregnant women primary education quality teaching school children school feeding school health school meal school meals school snacks school year schooling
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17114

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spelling	okr-10986-171142021-04-23T14:03:34Z School Feeding Programs and Development : Are We Framing the Question Correctly? Alderman, Harold Bundy, Donald adolescent girls basic education classroom cognitive function education expenditures education for all education goals learning nutrition program pregnant women primary education quality teaching school children school feeding school health school meal school meals school snacks school year schooling 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 partially on school health. They are, additionally, a means to augment consumption by vulnerable populations. The authors look at recent evidence from in-depth studies and argue that while school feeding programs can influence the education of school children and, to a lesser degree, augment nutrition for families of beneficiaries, they are best viewed as transfer programs that can provide a social safety net and help promote human capital investments. 2014-02-19T18:30:26Z 2014-02-19T18:30:26Z 2012-08 Journal Article World Bank Research Observer 1564-6971 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17114 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/ World Bank Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research
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description	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 partially on school health. They are, additionally, a means to augment consumption by vulnerable populations. The authors look at recent evidence from in-depth studies and argue that while school feeding programs can influence the education of school children and, to a lesser degree, augment nutrition for families of beneficiaries, they are best viewed as transfer programs that can provide a social safety net and help promote human capital investments.
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title	School Feeding Programs and Development : Are We Framing the Question Correctly?
title_short	School Feeding Programs and Development : Are We Framing the Question Correctly?
title_full	School Feeding Programs and Development : Are We Framing the Question Correctly?
title_fullStr	School Feeding Programs and Development : Are We Framing the Question Correctly?
title_full_unstemmed	School Feeding Programs and Development : Are We Framing the Question Correctly?
title_sort	school feeding programs and development : are we framing the question correctly?
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School Feeding Programs and Development : Are We Framing the Question Correctly?

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