Global School Feeding Sourcebook

Lessons from 14 Countries

Compiled by the Partnership for Child Development at Imperial College London, the World Food Programme, the World Bank and the African Union's New Partnership for Africa's Development, this is the first sourcebook of its kind to document government-led school feeding programmes in low and middle income countries. It includes a compilation of concise but comprehensive chapters about national programmes in 14 countries from sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and Latin America. The sourcebook highlights the trade-offs associated with alternative school feeding models and analyses the overarching themes, trends and challenges which run across these programmes.

This sourcebook supports learning and knowledge exchange among countries looking to strengthen and scale-up national school feeding programmes. The evidence presented here sheds light on identified global good practices which can be employed to improve the quality and effectiveness of programmes that positively impact on millions of children and communities worldwide.

Contents:

• Foreword

• Acknowledgements

• Abbreviations and Acronyms

• Boxes, Figures and Tables

• Glossary

• Executive Summary

• Introduction to the Sourcebook

• Analysis of the Case Studies:

  • Design and Implementation
  • Policy and Legal Frameworks
  • Institutional Arrangements
  • Funding and Budgeting
  • Community Participation

• The Case Studies:

  • Botswana — National School Feeding Programme
  • Brazil — Programa Nacional de Alimentação Escolar (PNAE)
  • Cape Verde — National School Nutrition Programme
  • Chile — Programa de Alimentacion Escolar (PAE)
  • Côte d'Ivoire — Programme Intégré de Pérennisation des Cantines Scolaires (PIP/CS)
  • Ecuador — School Food Programme
  • Ghana — The Ghana School Feeding Programme
  • India — Mid-Day Meal Scheme
  • Kenya — Home Grown School Meals Programme
  • Mali — Programme National d'Alimentation Scolaire
  • Mexico — Desayunos Escolares
  • Namibia — The Namibia School Feeding Programme
  • Nigeria — Osun State Elementary School Feeding and Health Programme (O'Meals Programme)
  • South Africa — National School Nutrition Programme

Readership: Programme managers, policy makers and academics from governmental, multilateral and bi-lateral organisations, NGOs and academic institutions in the fields of education, public health, nutrition and agriculture.
Key Features:

• First sourcebook of its kind
• Countries are increasing their school feeding coverage and are demanding easily accessible information on how other countries have achieved their aims
• Written by world renowned experts from two of the leading global organisations in this field