It also had a positive impact on classroom performance for children already in school. In Cambodia, an initiative providing scholarships to at-risk pupils from low-income households increased the average time they remained in school by more than half a grade.270 In Colombia, Ghana and Pakistan, cash transfers programmes have helped improve rates of transition to higher levels of education. For example, cash transfer programmes led to improved test scores for children in Burkina Faso and modest improvements in Morocco.27' Meanwhile, school feeding programmes have been linked to increased learning and cognitive development. In fact, the goals include a specific target on implementing nationally appropriate social protection systems and measures to achieve substantial coverage of the poor and vulnerable by 2030. However, countries can realize social protection by taking incremental approaches that work within their resource and capacity constraints - as well as their social and economic policy frameworks - towards the ultimate goal of universal coverage.