Comic Relief Review: Mapping the Research on the Impact of Sport and Development Interventions

The report maps the current status of research in the area of Sport for Development (SfD). This consists of a ‘snapshot’ of research completed since 2005, an inventory of research planned or in progress, and an overview of the M&E toolkits which have been created.The results are considered within a ‘knowledge brokering’ framework, whereby issues and challenges were reviewed under the headings of problem identification, knowledge generation, and knowledge use.This exercise has yielded substantial information in terms of the activities and focus of research in the SfD sector. It is apparent that there is scope for streamlining research activities in order to maximise the cost-effectiveness and impact of research in the sector. This is unlikely to be achievable by any one organisation on its own, but will rather emerge from continued collaboration at a strategic level within the SfD community.