World Bank news release: “According to the new report – Rethinking School Feeding: Social Safety Nets, Child Development, and the Education Sector – school feeding programs in poor countries boost school attendance, help children to learn more effectively, and spur better performance in class, especially when these programs are twinned with other measures such as de-worming (against soil-transmitted intestinal worms) and micronutrient-fortified snacks and biscuits, or vitamin supplements. In many countries, school feeding programs are one of the key incentives to get children – especially girls and the poorest and most vulnerable children into school, along with abolition of school fees and conditional cash transfer programs. The report says that providing school meals to children in qualifying families can be the equivalent of adding an extra 10 percent to average household incomes.”