An Outcome Evaluation Of A Food Bank Program

Comparing different procurement modalities is critically important Īmong the four countries, only The Gambia has a program anticipated to expand to new schools. While new school feeding interventions, or existing programs expanding to new schools, provide the best conditions to assess the impacts of school feeding on the outcomes we’re interested in, few programs are expanding to new schools. Assessing the overall impact of school feeding is challenging because few programs are new or expanding to new schools Impacts on household consumption and food security in the presence of shocksįour countries were selected to kick-off the window: Burundi, Guatemala, Jordan, and The Gambia.The impact of different school feeding procurement systems on local economies.The impact on girls’ well-being, specifically.The impact of different interventions on children’s nutrition, health, education, and learning.We identified four understudied areas through consultations: For example, the optimal balance between cost, size, frequency, and meals’ composition the most effective bundle of complementary interventions to improve learning, health, and nutrition effects on girl’s well-being, intra-household allocations, and whether sourcing and preparing food locally has additional benefits for communities. The literature tells us that school feeding interventions increase children’s school enrolment, but many nuances require further analysis. To identify evidence priorities, we conducted an extensive literature review and consulted with multiple stakeholders. Through creating the knowledge agenda for this window and engaging with many country teams, we learned four key lessons: 1. Its objective is to contribute to the broad-based evidence base for the efficacy of school-based programs while simultaneously supporting local evidence needs. In early 2021, the World Food Programme’s Impact Evaluation Unit teamed up with WFP’s School-Based Programme division and the World Bank’s Development Impact Evaluation (DIME) department to launch the School-Based Programmes Impact Evaluation Window.

This blog is co-published with the World Food Programme.

An Outcome Evaluation Of A Food Bank Program