Investing in innovation: Trade-offs in the costs and cost-efficiency of school feeding using communitybased kitchens in Bangladesh

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 327-337

  Gelli, Aulo ^a   Suwa, Yuko ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Costs; Evaluation; School food

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD SECURITY; INNOVATION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SOCIAL WORK; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; TRADE-OFF;

BANGLADESH;

BANGLADESH; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; COOKING; COST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FOOD; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL; SOCIAL WELFARE;

BANGLADESH; CHILD; COOKING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FOOD; FOOD SERVICES; HUMANS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL WELFARE;

EID: 84919698428     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: 15648265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482651403500305     Document Type: Article

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