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How Effective are Food for Education Programs?
A Critical Assessment of the
Evidence from Developing Countries
Sarah W. Adelman, Daniel O. Gilligan, and Kim Lehrer

Food Policy

Review

9

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Adelman, Sarah. How effective are food for education programs? : a critical assessment of the evidence from developing countries / Sarah W. Adelman, Daniel
O. Gilligan, and Kim Lehrer. p. cm.—(Food policy review ; 9) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-0-89629-509-4 (alk. paper) 1. School children—Food—Developing countries. I. Gilligan,
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Contents


List of Tables v 
List of Figures v 
Foreword vii 
Acknowledgments ix  Summary xi
Chapter 1


Introduction and Motivation 1

Chapter 2


The Structure and Scope of FFE Programs 5

Chapter 3


Economic Rationale for FFE Programs 9

Chapter 4

M
 ethod for Reviewing the Empirical Literature 19

Chapter 5


Empirical Evidence of the Impacts on

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