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School Meals, Social Protection, and Human Development: Revisiting Trends, Evidence, and Practices in South Asia and Beyond

Year: 2024

Type: book

Abstract: With nearly 420 million children reached worldwide, school meals are among the largest-scale social protection interventions. This paper traces the evolution of school meals programs globally, examines the empirical evidence underpinning them, reviews select implementation practices with an emphasis on South Asia, and provides one of the first estimates of World Bank’s investments in school meals.

Source: World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks

DOI: 10.1596/41431

Authors: Donal AP Bundy, Ugo Gentilini, Linda Schultz, Biniam Bedasso, Samrat Singh, Yuko Okamura, Hrishikesh TMM Iyengar, Mia Monique Blakstad

Language: English

Topic: Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare

Subfield: Development

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Zero hunger, Quality education, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4394960345

FWCI: 12.84

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