1 School Feeding Policy Environment: cross country reviewSamrat 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 SYSTEMDefined and secure budgetary allocation Longitudinal sustainability Multi-agency harmonization Efficiency and Transparency Sectoral/policy convergence Institutional foundation

6 KEY ISSUES AND FINDINGSIssue 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 OBJECTIVESClearly defined objectives , policy coherence Findings: Nutrition & Education Farm linkages Gender equity

9 Issue 3: DECENTRALIZATIONDevolution 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:NIGERIA20 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