Table 8.

School meal provision frame work table for low-income countries.

(Low income)	Kenya	Mali	Rwanda
Aims and objectives	To increase school enrollment, attendance, and retention, and it mainly targets the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL) (46). It aims to increase the overall literacy attainment of the country (46)	To increase enrollment and retention of primary school students. This is an important objective as around 20% of children in this demographic do not attend school (47)	To increase access to education in the short-term and quality of education in the medium-term (48)
Policy	Policy focus on building upon the benefits of school feeding by stimulating local economies (46)	The Ministry of Education implements the SFP as part of its policy (47)	Currently, the SFP is running by a partnership with the WFP. Currently, there are no detailed plans for a SFP in any GoR documents which address education reform or economic development (48)
Implementation and delivery	The program operates through funds paid by the Government directly to the School Management Committees (SMCs) to purchase foodstuff. (46)	The GoM aims to implement it through a decentralized structure with service delivery through school and canteen management committees which will be overseen by the representative from the MoE (47)	The MoE wants individual schools to organize food procurement from local smallholder farmers and parents to provide certain foods to make up the school ration menu and pay for school fees and labor costs for the SFP (48)

This table compares the aims and objectives, policy and implementation, and delivery of service between low-income countries.