Impact of school feeding programmes on educational outcomes: Evidence from dry cereals in schools in Burkina Faso

Pouirkèta Rita Nikiema

No wp-2017-182, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Food for Education (FFE) programmes have been implemented in developing countries since the 1960s. This paper examines the impact of the Catholic Relief Services (CRS) school feeding programme on pupils' attendance and girls' enrolment rate within primary schools in northern Burkina Faso. Using difference-in-difference (DID) estimation with the data set on the Beoog Biiga programme, we find that take-home rations (THRs) increased school attendance for both boys and girls. Moreover, the findings show that girls' enrolment rate within schools increased by 3.2 per cent.

Keywords: Enrolment; School attendance; Gender; Nutrition; Education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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