Impact Evaluation of School Feeding Programs in Lao PDR

Despite the popularity and widespread implementation of school feeding programs, evidence on the impact of school feeding on school participation and nutritional status is mixed. This study evaluates school feeding programs in three northern distri...

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Main Authors:	Buttenheim, Alison, Alderman, Harold, Friedman, Jed
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT ANEMIA ANIMAL SOURCE FOODS AVERAGE ATTENDANCE BOARDING CAROTENE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD GROWTH CHILD HEALTH CHILD NUTRITION CHILD NUTRITIONAL STATUS CHILD SURVIVAL CLASSROOM COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT COGNITIVE FUNCTION COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS CORN DAILY ATTENDANCE DAIRY DIET EDUCATION ATTAINMENT EDUCATION OUTCOMES EDUCATION PROGRAMS EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES EDUCATIONAL PARTICIPATION EDUCATIONAL POLICIES EFFECTIVE TEACHING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ENROLLMENT FOR CHILDREN ENROLLMENT INCREASES ENROLLMENT OF CHILDREN ENROLLMENT RATES ETHNIC COMPOSITION ETHNIC DIVERSITY ETHNIC GROUPS EXAM FIRST GRADE FOOD ACCESS FOOD DELIVERY FOOD DISTRIBUTION FOOD POLICY FOOD POLICY RESEARCH FOOD PREPARATION FOOD RATIONS FOOD STORAGE FOOD SUPPLEMENTS FOOD TRANSFERS FORTIFIED FOODS FRIENDLY SCHOOLS GENDER GAP GIRL STUDENTS GRADE EXAM GRADE REPETITION HIGHER ENROLLMENT HOUSEHOLD FOOD INSECURITY HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUNGER HYGIENE INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERVENTIONS IODINE IRON IRON DEFICIENCY LEARNING LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT MALNUTRITION MEAL MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCY NET ENROLLMENT NET ENROLLMENT RATE NUTRIENT NUTRITION OUTCOMES NUTRITION STATUS NUTRITIONAL STATUS NUTRITIONISTS OLDER CHILDREN OLDER GIRLS PASS RATE PRESCHOOL CHILDREN PRESCHOOLERS PRIMARY GRADES PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL NET ENROLLMENT REGULAR ATTENDANCE RICE SCHOOL AGE SCHOOL BREAKFAST SCHOOL CHILDREN SCHOOL DAY SCHOOL DAYS SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL ENTRY SCHOOL FEEDING SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMS SCHOOL HOURS SCHOOL MEALS SCHOOL PARTICIPATION SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOL SUCCESS SCHOOL UNIFORMS SCHOOL YEAR SCHOOL-AGE SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN SCHOOLCHILDREN SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SNACKS STUDENT ATTENDANCE STUDENT OUTCOMES SUGAR TEACHER TEACHER TRAINING TEACHERS VILLAGE LEADERS VILLAGE LEVEL VULNERABLE CHILDREN WEIGHT GAIN WFP WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME
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spelling	okr-10986-32912021-04-23T14:02:08Z Impact Evaluation of School Feeding Programs in Lao PDR Buttenheim, Alison Alderman, Harold Friedman, Jed AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT ANEMIA ANIMAL SOURCE FOODS AVERAGE ATTENDANCE BOARDING CAROTENE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD GROWTH CHILD HEALTH CHILD NUTRITION CHILD NUTRITIONAL STATUS CHILD SURVIVAL CLASSROOM COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT COGNITIVE FUNCTION COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS CORN DAILY ATTENDANCE DAIRY DIET EDUCATION ATTAINMENT EDUCATION OUTCOMES EDUCATION PROGRAMS EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES EDUCATIONAL PARTICIPATION EDUCATIONAL POLICIES EFFECTIVE TEACHING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ENROLLMENT FOR CHILDREN ENROLLMENT INCREASES ENROLLMENT OF CHILDREN ENROLLMENT RATES ETHNIC COMPOSITION ETHNIC DIVERSITY ETHNIC GROUPS EXAM FIRST GRADE FOOD ACCESS FOOD DELIVERY FOOD DISTRIBUTION FOOD POLICY FOOD POLICY RESEARCH FOOD PREPARATION FOOD RATIONS FOOD STORAGE FOOD SUPPLEMENTS FOOD TRANSFERS FORTIFIED FOODS FRIENDLY SCHOOLS GENDER GAP GIRL STUDENTS GRADE EXAM GRADE REPETITION HIGHER ENROLLMENT HOUSEHOLD FOOD INSECURITY HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUNGER HYGIENE INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERVENTIONS IODINE IRON IRON DEFICIENCY LEARNING LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT MALNUTRITION MEAL MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCY NET ENROLLMENT NET ENROLLMENT RATE NUTRIENT NUTRITION OUTCOMES NUTRITION STATUS NUTRITIONAL STATUS NUTRITIONISTS OLDER CHILDREN OLDER GIRLS PASS RATE PRESCHOOL CHILDREN PRESCHOOLERS PRIMARY GRADES PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL NET ENROLLMENT REGULAR ATTENDANCE RICE SCHOOL AGE SCHOOL BREAKFAST SCHOOL CHILDREN SCHOOL DAY SCHOOL DAYS SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL ENTRY SCHOOL FEEDING SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMS SCHOOL HOURS SCHOOL MEALS SCHOOL PARTICIPATION SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOL SUCCESS SCHOOL UNIFORMS SCHOOL YEAR SCHOOL-AGE SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN SCHOOLCHILDREN SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SNACKS STUDENT ATTENDANCE STUDENT OUTCOMES SUGAR TEACHER TEACHER TRAINING TEACHERS VILLAGE LEADERS VILLAGE LEVEL VULNERABLE CHILDREN WEIGHT GAIN WFP WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME Despite the popularity and widespread implementation of school feeding programs, evidence on the impact of school feeding on school participation and nutritional status is mixed. This study evaluates school feeding programs in three northern districts of the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR). Feeding modalities included on-site feeding, take-home rations, and a combination. District-level implementation of the intervention sites and selective take-up present considerable evaluation challenges. To address these limitations, the authors use difference-in-difference estimators with propensity-score weighting to construct two plausible counterfactuals. They find minimal evidence that the school feeding schemes increased enrollment or improved children s nutritional status. Several robustness checks and possible explanations for 0 findings are presented. 2012-03-19T17:59:38Z 2012-03-19T17:59:38Z 2011-01-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110103114657 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3291 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5518 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper East Asia and Pacific East Asia and Pacific Southeast Asia Asia Lao People's Democratic Republic
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topic	AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT ANEMIA ANIMAL SOURCE FOODS AVERAGE ATTENDANCE BOARDING CAROTENE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD GROWTH CHILD HEALTH CHILD NUTRITION CHILD NUTRITIONAL STATUS CHILD SURVIVAL CLASSROOM COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT COGNITIVE FUNCTION COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS CORN DAILY ATTENDANCE DAIRY DIET EDUCATION ATTAINMENT EDUCATION OUTCOMES EDUCATION PROGRAMS EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES EDUCATIONAL PARTICIPATION EDUCATIONAL POLICIES EFFECTIVE TEACHING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ENROLLMENT FOR CHILDREN ENROLLMENT INCREASES ENROLLMENT OF CHILDREN ENROLLMENT RATES ETHNIC COMPOSITION ETHNIC DIVERSITY ETHNIC GROUPS EXAM FIRST GRADE FOOD ACCESS FOOD DELIVERY FOOD DISTRIBUTION FOOD POLICY FOOD POLICY RESEARCH FOOD PREPARATION FOOD RATIONS FOOD STORAGE FOOD SUPPLEMENTS FOOD TRANSFERS FORTIFIED FOODS FRIENDLY SCHOOLS GENDER GAP GIRL STUDENTS GRADE EXAM GRADE REPETITION HIGHER ENROLLMENT HOUSEHOLD FOOD INSECURITY HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUNGER HYGIENE INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERVENTIONS IODINE IRON IRON DEFICIENCY LEARNING LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT MALNUTRITION MEAL MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCY NET ENROLLMENT NET ENROLLMENT RATE NUTRIENT NUTRITION OUTCOMES NUTRITION STATUS NUTRITIONAL STATUS NUTRITIONISTS OLDER CHILDREN OLDER GIRLS PASS RATE PRESCHOOL CHILDREN PRESCHOOLERS PRIMARY GRADES PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL NET ENROLLMENT REGULAR ATTENDANCE RICE SCHOOL AGE SCHOOL BREAKFAST SCHOOL CHILDREN SCHOOL DAY SCHOOL DAYS SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL ENTRY SCHOOL FEEDING SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMS SCHOOL HOURS SCHOOL MEALS SCHOOL PARTICIPATION SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOL SUCCESS SCHOOL UNIFORMS SCHOOL YEAR SCHOOL-AGE SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN SCHOOLCHILDREN SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SNACKS STUDENT ATTENDANCE STUDENT OUTCOMES SUGAR TEACHER TEACHER TRAINING TEACHERS VILLAGE LEADERS VILLAGE LEVEL VULNERABLE CHILDREN WEIGHT GAIN WFP WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME
spellingShingle	AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT ANEMIA ANIMAL SOURCE FOODS AVERAGE ATTENDANCE BOARDING CAROTENE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD GROWTH CHILD HEALTH CHILD NUTRITION CHILD NUTRITIONAL STATUS CHILD SURVIVAL CLASSROOM COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT COGNITIVE FUNCTION COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS CORN DAILY ATTENDANCE DAIRY DIET EDUCATION ATTAINMENT EDUCATION OUTCOMES EDUCATION PROGRAMS EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES EDUCATIONAL PARTICIPATION EDUCATIONAL POLICIES EFFECTIVE TEACHING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ENROLLMENT FOR CHILDREN ENROLLMENT INCREASES ENROLLMENT OF CHILDREN ENROLLMENT RATES ETHNIC COMPOSITION ETHNIC DIVERSITY ETHNIC GROUPS EXAM FIRST GRADE FOOD ACCESS FOOD DELIVERY FOOD DISTRIBUTION FOOD POLICY FOOD POLICY RESEARCH FOOD PREPARATION FOOD RATIONS FOOD STORAGE FOOD SUPPLEMENTS FOOD TRANSFERS FORTIFIED FOODS FRIENDLY SCHOOLS GENDER GAP GIRL STUDENTS GRADE EXAM GRADE REPETITION HIGHER ENROLLMENT HOUSEHOLD FOOD INSECURITY HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUNGER HYGIENE INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERVENTIONS IODINE IRON IRON DEFICIENCY LEARNING LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT MALNUTRITION MEAL MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCY NET ENROLLMENT NET ENROLLMENT RATE NUTRIENT NUTRITION OUTCOMES NUTRITION STATUS NUTRITIONAL STATUS NUTRITIONISTS OLDER CHILDREN OLDER GIRLS PASS RATE PRESCHOOL CHILDREN PRESCHOOLERS PRIMARY GRADES PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL NET ENROLLMENT REGULAR ATTENDANCE RICE SCHOOL AGE SCHOOL BREAKFAST SCHOOL CHILDREN SCHOOL DAY SCHOOL DAYS SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL ENTRY SCHOOL FEEDING SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMS SCHOOL HOURS SCHOOL MEALS SCHOOL PARTICIPATION SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOL SUCCESS SCHOOL UNIFORMS SCHOOL YEAR SCHOOL-AGE SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN SCHOOLCHILDREN SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SNACKS STUDENT ATTENDANCE STUDENT OUTCOMES SUGAR TEACHER TEACHER TRAINING TEACHERS VILLAGE LEADERS VILLAGE LEVEL VULNERABLE CHILDREN WEIGHT GAIN WFP WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME Buttenheim, Alison Alderman, Harold Friedman, Jed Impact Evaluation of School Feeding Programs in Lao PDR
geographic_facet	East Asia and Pacific East Asia and Pacific Southeast Asia Asia Lao People's Democratic Republic
relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5518
description	Despite the popularity and widespread implementation of school feeding programs, evidence on the impact of school feeding on school participation and nutritional status is mixed. This study evaluates school feeding programs in three northern districts of the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR). Feeding modalities included on-site feeding, take-home rations, and a combination. District-level implementation of the intervention sites and selective take-up present considerable evaluation challenges. To address these limitations, the authors use difference-in-difference estimators with propensity-score weighting to construct two plausible counterfactuals. They find minimal evidence that the school feeding schemes increased enrollment or improved children s nutritional status. Several robustness checks and possible explanations for 0 findings are presented.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Buttenheim, Alison Alderman, Harold Friedman, Jed
author_facet	Buttenheim, Alison Alderman, Harold Friedman, Jed
author_sort	Buttenheim, Alison
title	Impact Evaluation of School Feeding Programs in Lao PDR
title_short	Impact Evaluation of School Feeding Programs in Lao PDR
title_full	Impact Evaluation of School Feeding Programs in Lao PDR
title_fullStr	Impact Evaluation of School Feeding Programs in Lao PDR
title_full_unstemmed	Impact Evaluation of School Feeding Programs in Lao PDR
title_sort	impact evaluation of school feeding programs in lao pdr
publishDate	2012
url	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110103114657 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3291
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Impact Evaluation of School Feeding Programs in Lao PDR

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