Sport-in-Development: Accountability or Development?

  • Fred Coalter
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Abstract

This chapter is based on extensive fieldwork in Africa and India to develop a user-friendly monitoring and evaluation manual for UK Sport and UNICEF (Coalter, 2006).1 The chapter explores issues relating to the intersection of two recent policy developments. Firstly, the dramatically increased growth in interest in the role of sport in international development (see section 1.2) and the often rhetorical and grandiose claims made for sport’s contribution — ranging from individual self-esteem via the strengthening of communities to creating the conditions for conflict resolution and peace. For example, at the World Sport’s Forum in March 2000 Louise Fréchette, the UN Deputy Secretary General, stated that:

The power of sports is far more than symbolic. You are engines of economic growth. You are a force for gender equality. You can bring youth and others in from the margins, strengthening the social fabric. You can promote communication and help heal the divisions between peoples, communities and entire nations. You can set an example of fair play. Last but not least, you can advocate a strong and effective United Nations (United Nations, 2000: 4).

Keywords

Social Capital Civil Society International Development Programme Theory Sport Organization 
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© Fred Coalter 2009

Authors and Affiliations

  • Fred Coalter
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  1. 1.University of StirlingUK

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