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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778033903321

Titolo

Rethinking school feeding : : social safety nets, child development, and the education sector / / authors, Donald Bundy ... [and others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2009]

copyright 2009

ISBN

1-282-12159-6

9786612121593

0-8213-7975-5

Descrizione fisica

xx, 163 pages : illustrations, color maps ; ; 23 cm

Collana

Directions in development. Human development

Altri autori (Persone)

BundyDonald A. P

Disciplina

371.716

Soggetti

School children - Food

Children - Nutrition

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Executive Summary; Chapter 1 Context and Rationale; Maps; Chapter 2 What Is School Feeding?; Boxes; Chapter 3 Why Implement School Feeding?; Figures; Tables; Chapter 4 Planning for Sustainability; Chapter 5 Trade-Offs in Program Design: Targeting, Feeding Modalities, and Costs; Chapter 6 Institutional and Procurement Arrangements; Chapter 7 How to Design and Update School Feeding Programs; Chapter 8 Key Findings and Research Agenda; Appendix 1 School Feeding in El Salvador: Preliminary Findings of a Case Study of the Transition

Appendix 2 Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping Appendix 3 Setting Up School Feeding Programs; Appendix 4 Revisiting School Feeding Programs; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This review was prepared jointly by the World Bank Group and the World Food Programme (WFP), building on the comparative advantages of both organizations. It examines the evidence base for school feeding programs with the objective of better understanding how to develop and implement effective school feeding programs in two contexts: a productive safety net, as part of the response to the social shocks of the global food, fuel and financial crises, and a fiscally sustainable



investment in human capital, as part of long-term global efforts to achieve Education for All and provide social protect