School Meals and Educational Outcomes in Rural Ethiopia. Issue 8 (3rd August 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Poppe, Robert; Frölich, Markus; Haile, Getinet
• Is Part Of: Journal of development studies. Volume 55:Issue 8(2019)
• Page Start: 1741
• Page End: 1756
• Publication Date: 2019-08-03
• Subjects: Economic development -- Periodicals; Economic history -- 1945- -- Periodicals; Developing countries -- Economic conditions -- Periodicals; Développement économique -- Périodiques; Histoire économique -- 1945- -- Périodiques; Pays en voie de développement -- Conditions économiques -- Périodiques; 338.91
• DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2017.1311405
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-0388

Abstract

Abstract : We investigate the relationship between providing school meals programmes and educational outcomes in Ethiopia. Using data from school catchment areas across rural Ethiopia, the paper examines the role played by programme modalities and their implementation. The results indicate that supplementing on-site school meals with take-home rations can be beneficial for concentration, reading, writing and arithmetic skills. The timing of the distribution of school meals is also found to play an important role.