School Meal Programmes and the Education Crisis: A Financial Landscape Analysis

The immediate context for this financial landscape analysis is the learning crisis triggered by school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic and the shrinking fiscal space available to governments. It looks at the potential for school feeding programs to play an expanded role in addressing the learning crisis – and at the public financing options available. The analysis draws on seven rapid assessment country studies commissioned by the Sustainable Financing Initiative for School Health and Nutrition (SFI).