Peru’s flagship social protection programme, Qali Warma, which means ‘vigorous child’ from the indigenous languages Quechua, provides nutritious food to more than 4-million children each year.
UNDP commissioned the evaluation to Pacific University in 2018/2019, while WFP provided technical advice, playing the role of an enabler, knowledge broker and facilitator of
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BlogPeru’s flagship social protection programme, Qali Warma, which means ‘vigorous child’ from the indigenous languages Quechua, provides nutritious food to more than 4-million children each year.
Building on a need for better evidence, the M&E unit of Peru’s Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion led an impact evaluation of the programme to assess the extent to which the programme improved the cognitive processes, nutritional status, calorie intake, and school attendance of primary school students.
UNDP commissioned the evaluation to Pacific University in 2018/2019, while WFP provided technical advice, playing the role of an enabler, knowledge broker and facilitator of
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Rica Terbeck-Soine
Evaluation Officer WFPNicola Theunissen
Communications consultant World Food Programme