This webinar will explore the latest global evidence on how school feeding programs drive broad-based returns: boosting education, enhancing health outcomes, supporting local agriculture, and strengthening national development as a follow-up to episode 1 of this series. The session will showcase research from Malawi and Ghana, evaluating the economy-wide impacts of both nation’s national school feeding programs. The webinar will also spotlight the government of Malawi’s efforts to assess the program’s long-term value, and how this has informed its national investment.

Moderator Welcome & Overview

• Aulo Gelli, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

The economy-wide Impacts of School Meal Programs in Ghana and Malawi

• Karl Pauw, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Evaluating the Economic Outcomes of Malawi’s School Feeding Program

• Mangani Chilala Katundu, Associate Professor of Food Security and Nutrition, University of Malawi

Closing Remarks

• Aulo Gelli, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI