Bundy, Donal APGentilini, UgoSchultz, LindaBedasso, BiniamSingh, SamratOkamura, YukoIyengar, Hrishikesh TMMBlakstad, Mia Monique2024-04-172024-04-172024-04-17https://hdl.handle.net/10986/41431With nearly 420 million children reached worldwide, school meals are among the largest-scale social protection interventions. This paper traces the evolution of school meals programs globally, examines the empirical evidence underpinning them, reviews select implementation practices with an emphasis on South Asia, and provides one of the first estimates of World Bank’s investments in school meals.en-USCC BY-NC 3.0 IGOSOCIAL PROTECTIONSOCIAL ASSISTANCESCHOOL FEEDINGSCHOOL MEALSFOOD ASSISTANCEWorking PaperWorld Bank10.1596/41431