Democratic Republic of Congo Sports and Culture for Development

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is a fragile, post-conflict country with high demographic growth and poor governance, all of which have devastated institutions, the economy and the social fabric. The DRC was devastated by war in the 1990s an...

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Main Author:	World Bank Group
Format:	Policy Note
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:	CONFLICT-AFFECTED STATES SPORTS AND DEVELOPMENT CULTURE AND DEVELOPMENT POST-CONFLICT DEVELOPMENT CHILD DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL COHESION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/296781568273422227/Democratic-Republic-of-Congo-Sports-and-Culture-for-Development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32435

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spelling	okr-10986-324352021-05-25T09:27:53Z Democratic Republic of Congo Sports and Culture for Development World Bank Group CONFLICT-AFFECTED STATES SPORTS AND DEVELOPMENT CULTURE AND DEVELOPMENT POST-CONFLICT DEVELOPMENT CHILD DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL COHESION The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is a fragile, post-conflict country with high demographic growth and poor governance, all of which have devastated institutions, the economy and the social fabric. The DRC was devastated by war in the 1990s and early 2000s, which claimed millions of lives and all but destroyed much of the physical and social infrastructure of the country. In particular, DRC remains marked by high vulnerability of various populations as a consequence of past and current local and regional instability, especially in the East. A growing number of studies show that exposure to violence especially negatively affects the well-being of children and hampers their development. This report is organized as follows. Section 1 presents the DRC’s social and political context, as well as the rationale for exploring innovative approaches to build resilience and social cohesion. Section 2 summarizes some of the evidence on pathways linking sports and culture to development. Section 3 presents the DRC sports and culture institutional environment, and the last section presents a few recommendations on how to further this agenda in DRC. 2019-09-23T18:56:57Z 2019-09-23T18:56:57Z 2019-06 Policy Note http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/296781568273422227/Democratic-Republic-of-Congo-Sports-and-Culture-for-Development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32435 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note Economic & Sector Work Africa Congo, Democratic Republic of
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description	The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is a fragile, post-conflict country with high demographic growth and poor governance, all of which have devastated institutions, the economy and the social fabric. The DRC was devastated by war in the 1990s and early 2000s, which claimed millions of lives and all but destroyed much of the physical and social infrastructure of the country. In particular, DRC remains marked by high vulnerability of various populations as a consequence of past and current local and regional instability, especially in the East. A growing number of studies show that exposure to violence especially negatively affects the well-being of children and hampers their development. This report is organized as follows. Section 1 presents the DRC’s social and political context, as well as the rationale for exploring innovative approaches to build resilience and social cohesion. Section 2 summarizes some of the evidence on pathways linking sports and culture to development. Section 3 presents the DRC sports and culture institutional environment, and the last section presents a few recommendations on how to further this agenda in DRC.
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title	Democratic Republic of Congo Sports and Culture for Development
title_short	Democratic Republic of Congo Sports and Culture for Development
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title_fullStr	Democratic Republic of Congo Sports and Culture for Development
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