Development Frontiers in Low Income Countries: The Role of Youth, Sport and Cultural Interventions

该项目探讨了体育、文化和教育项目在促进低收入国家年轻人可持续发展方面的作用，特别是解决贫困、脆弱国家的冲突、环境可持续性和性别不平等问题。这些方案通常由非政府组织在其他机构的支助下执行。对于如何实施这些计划，以及年轻用户群体如何体验和解释这些计划，我们几乎没有来自不同低收入国家的统一知识。该项目旨在填补这些知识空白，因此有三个主要目标：1)提高低收入国家年轻人对这些计划的认识；（二）提高方案在政策和实践方面的效率；Iii)与主要利益攸关方合作，支持这些干预措施，确保社会变革。这些目标转化为四个研究目标：1。分析体育、文化和教育干预在解决贫困、脆弱国家冲突、环境可持续性和低收入国家性别分歧方面的具体作用。捕捉年轻人对这些项目的经验和观点。3 .比较评价这些方案的制定、实施、经验和解释情况。确定如何改变方案，使其更有利于年轻人。比较研究将在三个小国进行：佛得角、尼泊尔和东帝汶。数据将主要通过定性方法收集，包括创新地使用“参与性行动研究”（PAR）来捕捉年轻人的声音。我们将与非学术及学术合作伙伴组成的研究联络小组紧密合作，以提供强大的研究影响。该项目具有很强的跨学科性；将由一名英国首席研究员、三名联合研究员（分别来自英国、尼泊尔和美国）和一名研究助理（英国）承担；期限为18个月。

This project investigates the role of sport, cultural and educational programmes in promoting sustainable development among young people in low-income countries (LICs), specifically to tackle poverty, conflict in fragile states, environmental sustainability, and gender inequality. These programmes are usually implemented by non-governmental organizations with support from other agencies.We have little unified knowledge from across different LICs, of how these programmes are implemented, and how they are experienced and interpreted by young user groups.This project seeks to fill these knowledge gaps, and thus has three broad aims: i) to enhance knowledge of these programmes with young people in LICs; ii) to improve programme efficacy in policy and practice; iii) to work with key stakeholders, to support these interventions, to secure social change.These aims translate into four research objectives: 1. To analyse the specific role of sport, cultural and educational interventions in tackling poverty, conflict in fragile states, environmental sustainability, and gender divisions in LICs.2. To capture the experiences and perspectives of young people on these programmes.3. To evaluate comparatively how these programmes are developed, implemented, experienced and interpreted.4. To identify how programmes may be changed to have stronger benefits for young people.Comparative research will be conducted in three small nations: Cape Verde, Nepal and Timor Leste. Data will be collected mainly through qualitative methods, including the innovative use of 'participatory action research' (PAR) to capture the voices of young people. We shall work closely with our research liaison group of non-academic and academic partners to deliver strong research impacts.The project is strongly interdisciplinary; will be undertaken by a UK Principal Investigator, three Co-Investigators (from UK, Nepal, US), and a Research Associate (UK); and, will have a duration of 18 months.