Educational impact of a school breakfast programme in rural Peru

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 132-148

  Cueto, Santiago ^a   Chinen, Marjorie ^b  

^a Group for the Analysis of Development Lima   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

International education; Primary education; programme evaluation and nutrition

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; NUTRITION; PRIMARY EDUCATION; RURAL POPULATION;

PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 37549038253     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2007.02.007     Document Type: Article

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