Educational and Health Impacts of Two School Feeding Schemes : Evidence from a Randomized Trial in Rural Burkina Faso

Educational and Health Impacts of Two School Feeding Schemes : Evidence from a Randomized Trial in Rural Burkina Faso

This paper uses a prospective randomized trial to assess the impact of two school feeding schemes on health and education outcomes for children from low-income households in northern rural Burkina Faso. The two school feeding programs under conside...

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Main Authors: Kazianga, Harounan, de Walque, Damien, Alderman, Harold
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
ABSENTEEISM RATES
ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
ACADEMIC YEAR
ACCOUNT
ADOLESCENTS
ARITHMETIC
ATTENDANCE RATE
ATTENDANCE RECORDS
CHILD HEALTH
CHILD LABOR
CHILD MALNUTRITION
CHILDREN START SCHOOL
CLASSROOM
CLASSROOMS
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS
COGNITIVE TESTS
EARLY CHILDHOOD
EDUCATION OUTCOMES
EDUCATION PROGRAMS
EDUCATION STATISTICS
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
ENROLLMENT
ENROLLMENT INCREASES
ENROLLMENT RATE
ENROLLMENT RATES
ETHNIC GROUPS
FOOD SECURITY
GIRLS
GIRLS IN SCHOOL
GLOBAL EDUCATION
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INTERVENTIONS
INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION
INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION
LEARNING
LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT
LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
LEARNING MATERIALS
LEARNING OUTCOMES
LITERACY
LITERATURE
LOW ENROLLMENT RATES
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
NUTRITION
NUTRITION PROGRAMS
NUTRITIONAL STATUS
NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF CHILDREN
OLDER CHILDREN
OLDER GIRLS
ORPHAN
ORPHANHOOD
PAPERS
PARENTS EDUCATION
PATERNAL ORPHAN
PRESCHOOL CHILDREN
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
PRIMARY SCHOOL FEES
PRIMARY SCHOOL PARTICIPATION
REASONING
REGISTRATION FEES
REGULAR ATTENDANCE
REPRODUCTIVE AGE
RESEARCH INSTITUTE
SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION
SCHOOL AGE
SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN
SCHOOL BREAKFAST
SCHOOL CANTEENS
SCHOOL DAY
SCHOOL DAYS
SCHOOL FEEDING
SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMS
SCHOOL HOURS
SCHOOL LEVEL
SCHOOL MEALS
SCHOOL NUTRITION
SCHOOL YEAR
SCHOOL-AGE
SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN
SCHOOLCHILDREN
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
TEACHER
TEACHERS
TEACHING
VILLAGE LEVEL
YOUNG GIRLS
YOUNGER BOYS
YOUNGER CHILDREN
YOUNGER SIBLINGS
Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090715163511
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4187
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Summary:This paper uses a prospective randomized trial to assess the impact of two school feeding schemes on health and education outcomes for children from low-income households in northern rural Burkina Faso. The two school feeding programs under consideration are, on the one hand, school meals where students are provided with lunch each school day, and, on the other hand, take-home rations that provide girls with 10 kg of cereal flour each month, conditional on 90 percent attendance rate. After running for one academic year, both programs increased girls enrollment by 5 to 6 percentage points. While there was no observable significant impact on raw scores in mathematics, the time-adjusted scores in mathematics improved slightly for girls. The interventions caused absenteeism to increase in households that were low in child labor supply while absenteeism decreased for households that had a relatively large child labor supply, consistent with the labor constraints. Finally, for younger siblings of beneficiaries, aged between 12 and 60 months, take-home rations have increased weight-for-age by .38 standard deviations and weight-for-height by .33 standard deviations. In contrast, school meals did not have any significant impact on the nutrition of younger children.

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