Brazil’s Fome Zero (Zero Hunger) policy framework was launched in 2003 with the advent of President Luiz Ignácio Lula da Silva’s administration. It was created with the purpose of improving food security by integrating programs that promote agriculture, nutrition, health … Read more
Policies for Government Ownership: Shifting the Balance in School Feeding Programs
The UN World Food Program is working to transfer responsibility for funding and implementing the school feeding programs it established to national governments. This is a complex and challenging process for countries that have never had a school feeding program … Read more
Hungry for Change: Holding USDA McGovern-Dole Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program Accountable for Commitments to Monitoring and Evaluation
This paper analyzes the efforts the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Assistance Division has made to institutionalize rigorous monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of the McGovern-Dole Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program and Food for Progress programs. It identifies several … Read more