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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: Spanish Series: Directions in development. Human development.Publication details: Washington, DC : World Bank, c2009.Description: xx, 163 p. : ill., col. maps ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780821379745 (alk. paper)
  • 0821379747 (alk. paper)
  • 9780821379752
  • 0821379755
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 371.7/16 22
LOC classification:
  • LB 3475  R438 2009
Contents:
Context and rationale -- What is school feeding? -- Why implement school feeding? -- Planning and sustainability -- Trade-offs in program design : targeting, feeding modalities, and costs -- Institutional and procurement arangements -- How to design and update school feeding programs -- 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.
Summary: 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.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) LB 3475 R438 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000064499

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Context and rationale --
What is school feeding? --
Why implement school feeding? --
Planning and sustainability --
Trade-offs in program design : targeting, feeding modalities, and costs --
Institutional and procurement arangements --
How to design and update school feeding programs --
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.

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.

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