Publications and resources

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.

Outcome statement from the School Meals Coalition Task Force’s second ministerial meeting in Nairobi, with strategic actions defining Coalition priorities for 2025-2026 on school meals financing, health, and education, aiming to provide nutritious meals to all schoolchildren by 2030.

The School Health & Nutrition Technical Assistance Facility, an initiative of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), strengthens countries’ capacities to implement sustainable, nationally owned school meal programmes. Piloting in Kenya and Lesotho, it supports scaling school feeding efforts, sustainable financing, and multisectoral coordination. Led by WFP with partners like the Rockefeller and Novo Nordisk Foundations, the Facility leverages the expertise of the School Meals Coalition to foster evidence-based, government-driven approaches, contributing to GPE’s mission to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4): inclusive and equitable quality education for all.

This report explores the feasibility of allocating Africa’s oil and mineral revenues to fund sustainable school feeding programmes. It analyzes policy frameworks, financial mechanisms, and includes a case study of Senegal to illustrate how natural resource revenues can support social protection systems like school meals.​

This working paper documents Benin's national school meals program, detailing its organization, funding, and monitoring processes. It presents the country's profile, outlines the design and implementation of school feeding programs, describes monitoring and evaluation processes, and highlights lessons learned, best practices, and challenges. ​

This declaration outlines key priorities and commitments of the School Meals Coalition member countries, focusing on sustainable school meals programs, nutrition, climate resilience, and local food systems on the sidelines of the 10th Regional Forum on School Meals in Latin America and the Caribbean hosted in Mexico.

This report analyzes international donor contributions to school feeding programs, highlighting the gaps, opportunities, and discrepancies in financing data systems like OECD and GCNF. It addresses under-investment, and discrepancies in reporting systems, and offers case studies from several low- and lower-middle-income countries. The focus is on strengthening data for transparency and better financial coordination.

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.