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Evaluations, Studies, and Reports

Evaluation/study carried out by

Period

Remarks

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1

Impact of Feeding Children in School: Evidence from Bangladesh

IFPRI

Nov 2004

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) conducted a comprehensive evaluation of the impact of the School Feeding Program (SFP) in Bangladesh. Some of the major findings are - SFP has raised school enrollment by 14.2 percent, reduced the probability of dropping out of school by 7.5 percent, and increased school attendance by about 1.3 days a month.

2

Follow up study on school feeding in Bangladesh

Tufts University, USA

Jan 2005

During May-June 2002, the Tufts University & WFP undertook a baseline survey. Two years later, in July-August 2004, Tufts University returned to the same schools to collect follow-up data for a pre-post evaluation of the impact of the SFP on key programme impacts.

3

School Feeding Outcome Study

WFP

2009

School Feeding Outcome Study for the Period 2007-2009.

4

Impact Evaluation of Bangladesh School Feeding in (2001-2009)

Tango International*

2011

This evaluation analyzed the impacts of school feeding programme in Bangladesh (2001-2009). It was a Mixed Method Impact Evaluation.

5

Joint Monitoring Visit Report on the school feeding programme

ERD, IMED, MoPME

March 2014

Inter-ministerial Joint Monitoring Visit Report on the school feeding programme

6

In-depth monitoring of school feeding programme

IMED

June 2014

The main objectives of the study were to review component wise implementation status, monitor enrollment & attendance rate and impact of school feeding programme. Conducted: December 2013-June 2014.

7

Progress Towards Strengthening School Feeding: An Assessment of the School Feeding Programme in Poverty-Prone Areas

WFP CO

2015

Progress Towards Strengthening School Feeding: An Assessment of the School Feeding Programme in Poverty-Prone Areas

8

Joint Monitoring Visit Report on School Feeding programme

ERD

2015

Joint Monitoring Visit Report on School Feeding Programme in Barisal.

9

Review of the School Meals initiative and assessed operational arrangements

WFP Center of Excellence

2017

WFP Center of Excellence (CoE, Brazil) and WFP CO had reviewed the ongoing school meals initiative and assessed operational arrangements and costs involved

10

Mid-Term evaluation of the MGD supported SF (Oct 2014-Sept 2016)

Mokoro*

2017

It was intended for both accountability and learning and focuses on assessing: i) the relevance, effectiveness (potential impact), efficiency, sustainability and coherence. It also assesses the performance of the programme and associated educational and nutritional interventions.

11

Final evaluation of the MGD supported SF (March 2015-December 2017)

Econometria*

2017

The evaluation was designed to assess the WFP-MGD SF Programme (2015-2017) in relation to its relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, impact and sustainability. The main evaluation questions were: 1) How appropriate was the operation? 2) What were the results of the operation? 3) What were the factors that affected the results, positively or negatively? 4) To what extent have the implementation and results been sustainable?

12

Baseline evaluation of the MGD supported school feeding (FY 2017-2020)

NRMC*

2018

Decentralized Evaluation

(Cox’s Bazar & National level school feeding capacity strengthening)

13

The Impact of School Feeding in Bangladesh (encompassed nutrition impact)

Independent study

March 2018

Children provided with school meals appear to have a better BMI status than the children in comparison schools and biscuit distribution schools. The impact study was led by Professor Helal Ahmed, Economic Department, Dhaka University.

14

Monitoring Report on School Feeding Programme at Barisal Division

IMED

July 2018

Monitoring visit report on the school feeding programme at two upazilas of Barisal district.

15

Monitoring Report on School Feeding Programme at CHT

IMED

October 2018

Monitoring visit report on the school feeding programme at three upazilas of Bandarban district.

16

Joint Monitoring Visit Report on School Meals programme

ERD

Jan 2019

Joint Monitoring Visit Report on School Meals programme in Bamna.

17

Successes and Challenges of Implementing USDA MGD funded FFE programme in the Asia-Pacific Region

WFP’s Regional

Bureau Bangkok (RBB)

2019

A review of key findings from WFP Programme Evaluations in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Lao PDR and Nepal during 2013-2018.

18

Mid-Term evaluation of the MGD supported school feeding (FY 2017-2020)

NRMC*

Nov 2019

Decentralized Evaluation

(Cox’s Bazar & National level school feeding capacity strengthening)

19

Fill the Nutrient Gap

WFP

Dec 2019

The FNG process in Bangladesh has elucidated how the food system shapes food access and food choices, and how each sector in the public and private sectors must contribute in a harmonized and coordinated manner to create a food environment that supports people to access diverse, safe, and nutritious foods.

20

Systems Approach Better Education Results (SABER) for School Feeding

DPE, MoPME, WFP

2020

Systems Approach to Better Education Results (SABER) for School Feeding: Bangladesh Country Report. Government led process through multi-stakeholder engagement. Consultation was done in 2019.