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

该项目调查体育、文化和教育方案在促进低收入国家年轻人可持续发展方面的作用，特别是在解决贫困、脆弱国家的冲突、环境可持续性和性别不平等方面。这些方案通常是由非政府组织在其他机构的支持下实施的。我们对不同地方的方案如何实施，以及这些方案如何被年轻用户群体体验和解释缺乏统一的知识。这项计划旨在填补这些知识空白，因此有三个广泛的目标：i)加强对这些方案的了解；ii)提高方案在政策和实践方面的效力；3)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、文化和教育干预措施在解决贫困、脆弱国家冲突、环境可持续性和地方、区域和次区域的性别差异方面的具体作用。捕捉年轻人在这些节目中的经历和观点。3.比较评价这些方案是如何制定、执行、经验和解释的。将在三个小国进行比较研究：佛得角、尼泊尔和东帝汶。将主要通过定性方法收集数据，包括创新地使用“参与性行动研究”(PAR)来捕捉年轻人的声音。我们将与我们的非学术和学术合作伙伴组成的研究联络小组密切合作，以产生强大的研究影响。该项目具有很强的跨学科性质；将由一名英国首席调查员、三名合作调查员(来自英国、尼泊尔、美国)和一名研究助理(英国)进行；为期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.