Impoverished Rural Districts of Pakistan: An Independent Evaluation of Impact on Educational and Cognitive Outcomes in Sindh Province, Pakistan

Autor:	Zaid Bhatti, Seema Hasan, Sajid Bashir Soofi, Masawar Hussain, Saiqa Khan, Nelofer Mehboob, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Imtiaz Hussain
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	Economic growth Poverty media_common.quotation_subject Geography Planning and Development Vulnerability Cognition Development Literacy Test (assessment) Raven's Progressive Matrices Numeracy Environmental health Cognitive development Sociology media_common
Zdroj:	IDS Bulletin. 44:48-56
ISSN:	0265-5012
DOI:	10.1111/1759-5436.12030
Popis:	This article presents findings of cognitive and performance assessment among recipient and non‐recipient school girls in the catchment schools of the Tawana Pakistan Project using standardised matrices. This is the first such evaluation of the relationship of a school feeding programme with developmental outcomes in rural Pakistan. There was evidence of benefits of the school feeding programme on a range of outcomes with significant improvement in the literacy and numeracy scores. The paired analysis showed a significant improvement (p
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