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Education programs
Food for Education 1993; converted Increased primary All over rural No partnerships 48.47

to the Primary school attendance Bangladesh; (two GOB ministries)

Education Stipend 2.02 million

Program in 2002 families

School Feeding 2002 Improved child In eight districts; One GOB ministry; 8.00

nutrition and covered 600,000 WFP, NGOs

primary school children

performance

Primary Education 2002 Increased primary All over rural No partnerships 100

Stipend Program school attendance Bangladesh; (one GOB ministry)

5.3 million families

Female Secondary 1993 Increased female No partnerships 40

School Assistance secondary school (one GOB ministry)

attendance

Nutrition programs
Community Nutrition

2002 Improved nutrition Pilot basis Three GOB ministries; 1.5 (for FFA,

Initiative (CNI) for poor women NGOs, WFP TNC, and

and children CNI)

Micronutrient-fortified 2002 Increased micro- Pilot basis Three GOB ministries; Part of the

flour under VGD nutrient NGOs VGD

(Atta Fortification consumption programs

Pilot Project) among the poor

Relief programs
Gratuitous Relief

Early 1980s Aid to needy families, Disaster-hit areas of No partnerships 19.97

particularly the country (two GOB ministries)

during disasters

Vulnerable Group Mid-1980s Same as above Same as above Same as above 7.15

Feeding

NOTES : AUS-Aid, Australian Aid Agency; GOB, Government of Bangladesh; NGO, nongovernmental organization; WFP, World Food Programme.
a Resource allocation estimates are based on 2002/03 figures.