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Taking Part Counts: How Sport Boosts International Development and Business

Guy Collander, June 2009

Sport, particularly football, can help promote reconciliation, empower women and generate revenue in developing countries. All these benefits and the increasingly globalised nature of sport were discussed at a workshop held at LIDC on 8 June.  The speakers largely concentrated on men’s and women’s football in South Africa – the host country of next year’s football World Cup.  Read

 
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