1. School Feeding Policy Environment: cross country review
Samrat Singh
Research Associate

2. RESEARCH FRAMEWORK
18 country review of school feeding policy/legal frameworks (PCD-WFP)
Ongoing technical assistance in Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya and Mali

3. POLICY ENVIRONMENT

4. REGULATORY SYSTEM
Defined by set of legislative and executive instruments
Articulates ‘rights’, sets out objectives and establishes the institutions/processes

5. BENEFITS OF A COMPREHENSIVE REGULATORY SYSTEM
Defined and secure budgetary allocation
Longitudinal sustainability
Multi-agency harmonization
Efficiency and Transparency
Sectoral/policy convergence
Institutional foundation

6. KEY ISSUES AND FINDINGS
Issue 1: LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK
Primary legislation, secondary legislation and process
Findings:
Highly variable
No + correlation b/w right to food & legislative engagement
Well established frameworks  policy linkages

7. CROSS COUNTRY COMPARISON OF LEVEL OF LEGISLATION AND THE REGULATORY APPROACH

8. Issue 2: DEFINING OBJECTIVES
Clearly defined objectives , policy coherence
Findings:
Nutrition & Education
Farm linkages
Gender equity

9. Issue 3: DECENTRALIZATION
Devolution in governance/ management, conformity with local laws, difference b/w devolution-power & functions.
Findings:
Most countries  decentralized management
Brazil, England , Scotland , India- substantial
Ecuador- centralized
Nigeria-outside state apparatus
Ethiopia , Malawi- well developed decentralized governance

10. Issue 4: FARM LINKAGES
Local procurement , agricultural production, defining ‘local’, supply chain implications.
Findings:
Chile/Bangladesh-modality constraints
Specific mandate & mechanism- Brazil,US,Ecuador,Tanzania
England/ Scotland- encouraged-constrained by EU law
Mali,Ghana- included in objectives
Well developed procurement law better linkages

11. CROSS COUNTRY COMPARISON OF PROCUREMENT GUIDELINES AND FARM LINKAGES

12. Issue 5: TARGETING
Defined in legislation/policy, principles/mechanisms, review.
Findings:
Universality access/availability
Brazil- Rights based social inclusion, RSA-Needs based
Rights based (Brazil)/needs based(RSA)/non-constitutional entitlement based (England)

13. ILLUSTRATION:NIGERIA
20 states 2 states
Universal Basic Education Act, 2004 provides for school lunch limited impact
Development of state level policy & legislation (framework/detailed) (Osun state)
Federal guidelines/platform for harmonization and cross learning

14. Thank you
Samrat Singh