@misc{38440,
title = {Sustaining School Feeding for the Long Term: Lessons on Domestic Financing from Brazil, Mexico, and Buenos Aires Province, Argentina},
author = {Dovali Delgado, Leticia Milena and Tamagnan, Marie},
year = {2026},
doi = {10.18235/0014542},
abstract = {School feeding programs in Latin America and the Caribbean are largely financed through domestic resources, yet their ability to maintain political priority and stable funding varies considerably across countries. This technical note examines the institutional, political, and social factors that have enabled school feeding programs in Brazil, Mexico, and Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, to sustain domestic financing over time. Drawing on policy and budget documents, secondary data, and interviews with national and subnational officials, the analysis identifies three mutually reinforcing drivers of durability: institutional anchoring, political continuity, and social legitimacy. Brazil illustrates the role of constitutional guarantees, legislation, and protected financing mechanisms; Mexico demonstrates the importance of intergovernmental transfers, institutional networks, and community participation; and Buenos Aires Province highlights the contribution of provincial commitment, bureaucratic continuity, and workforce professionalization. The note concludes that long-term sustainability does not depend on a single legal or fiscal mechanism. Rather, it emerges when predictable resources, stable administrative arrangements, broad ownership, and visible public benefits make school feeding an expected and enduring function of the state.},
url = {https://doi.org/10.18235/0014542}
}