Rethinking school feeding social safety nets, child development, and the education sector (Vol. 1 of 2) (Chinese)

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...

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Bundy,Donald A. P.;

Burbano, Carmen;

Grosh,Margaret Ellen;
Document Date
2009/01/01
Document Type
Publication
Report Number
48742
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
2 (See all volumes)
Country
World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2011/11/04
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Rethinking school feeding social safety nets, child development, and the education sector
Keywords
school feeding program

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Bundy,Donald A. P.; Burbano, Carmen; Grosh,Margaret Ellen.

Rethinking school feeding social safety nets, child development, and the education sector (Vol. 1 of 2) (Chinese). Directions in development|human development Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/729391468337238972

Rethinking school feeding social safety nets, child development, and the education sector (Vol. 1 of 2) (Chinese)

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