Sport: a new engine of development?

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An integrative review of sport-based youth development literature (2017, background): “This association is often based on the assumption that sport possesses certain inherent qualities that contribute to the development of youth (Hartmann 2003; Levermore 2008; Lyras and Welty Peachey 2011).”
Sport and Development (2011, background): “This international movement around sport and development builds upon and is often connected with other efforts to use sport for the purposes of social intervention, crime prevention, and risk reduction (Coalter, 2010; Guest, 2009; Kidd, 2008; Levermore, 2008).”
Sport as a Vehicle for Social Mobility and Regulation of Disadvantaged Urban Youth (2009, background): “Several authors suggest that there is a need to test the claims empirically and to monitor and evaluate sport for development programs in a more rigorous and sustained manner (e.g. Levermore, 2008; Tacon, 2005).”