This report highlights the vital role of school meal programmes in tackling global challenges, detailing their impact on nutrition, learning, and rural livelihoods, and their contribution to the SDGs. It also presents scenarios for expanding school feeding in low- and middle-income countries and addresses financial and policy needs to achieve universal access by 2030.
This policy brief addresses the financing challenges for school meal programs amidst a global crisis of learning, poverty, and malnutrition. It outlines how school feeding programs offer multisectoral benefits across health, education, and food security, and highlights strategies for scaling sustainable financing, including innovative financial mechanisms like SDG bonds and tax revenue from natural resources.