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Samuel Benin

Samuel Benin is the Acting Director for Africa in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. He conducts research on national strategies and public investment for accelerating food systems transformation in Africa and provides analytical support to the African Union’s CAADP Biennial Review.

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India’s national school meal programme linked to improved growth in children: Study (MSN India)

July 13, 2021


MSN India published an article stating that an IFPRI study shows that women who received free meals in primary school have children with improved linear growth. According to Harold Alderman, a senior research fellow, “Findings from previous evaluations of India’s MDM scheme have shown a positive association with beneficiaries’ school attendance, learning achievement, hunger, and protein-energy malnutrition, and resilience to health shocks.” Also published in Daily Hunt (India),  Medical Express (India), New Indian Express.

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