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Research & Reports

Plan makes sure that it keeps learning, through policy and research, to ensure the best possible outcomes for children. As the situations that children face change, so must our work in order to meet these new challenges.

Plan produces a variety of publications including reports, manuals, and policy and research documents — the most recent of which are listed below:

About Plan's work
(Includes annual reports, annual accounts, and a report on the effectiveness of Plan's work)

Disaster Relief and Recovery
HIV/AIDS
Child Trafficking
Poverty
Universal Birth Registration
Children's Rights
Child Media

Plan USA Technical Notes

Plan's Position Papers

About Plan's work


Adobe Acrobat filePlan USA Annual Report 2008 {pdf, 2.27MB}
Plan USA — statements of financial position June 30, 2008 and 2007. For a more complete picture of Plan's work in 2008, review our "Programs in Action" report.

Adobe Acrobat filePrograms in Action! 2009 {pdf, 3.84MB}
Plan USA's new annual publication designed to provide a closer look at Plan's work, including our methodology, by highlighting a number of success stories throughout the world.

 

Adobe Acrobat filePlan Magazine: Winter 2009 {pdf, 1.86MB}
The Plan USA national magazine.


Adobe Acrobat filePlan Magazine: Spring 2009 {pdf, 1.49MB}
The Plan USA national magazine.

Adobe Acrobat filePlan Passport: Spring 2008 {pdf, 2MB}
The Plan USA national magazine.

Adobe Acrobat filePlan Passport: Fall 2007 {pdf, 21MB}
The Plan USA national magazine.

Adobe Acrobat filePlan WorldWide Annual Review and Financials 2009 (3.5 MB, 68 pages)

Adobe Acrobat filePlan WorldWide Combined Financial Statements 2008 {pdf, 2.45MB}

Adobe Acrobat filePlan WorldWide Annual Review 2008
Read about Plan's work and achievements in 2008. {pdf, 4MB}

Adobe Acrobat filePlan WorldWide Combined Financial Statements 2007 {pdf, 673K}

Adobe Acrobat filePlan WorldWide Annual Review 2007
Read about Plan's work and achievements in 2007. {pdf, 2MB}

Adobe Acrobat fileThe effectiveness of Plan's child-centred community development {pdf, 2MB}
Independent program review assessing the effectiveness of Plan's work.

Disaster Relief and Recovery


Adobe Acrobat fileTsunami 36 Months After Report
This report on the third anniversary of the tsunami and Plan’s participation focuses on how Plan’s approach of Child Centered Community Development or CCCD worked in an unprecedented natural disaster situation. {pdf, 2.6MB}

Adobe Acrobat fileTsunami 24 Months After Report
Read an objective assessment of Plan’s performance and effectiveness following the 2004 tsunami. {pdf, 2MB}

Adobe Acrobat file Tsunami 18 Months After Report
Find out how Plan's role has evolved from one of emergency relief to recovery. {pdf, 2MB}

Adobe Acrobat file Enabling children to participate makes for better aid
Agencies have a duty to involve all citizens in the process of disaster recovery, relief and risk reduction. Reporting lessons learnt from the tsunami. {pdf, 1MB}

Adobe Acrobat file One-year on from the tsunami: the children's stories
Share the ups and downs of the last year with some brave young survivors, and read about what we've been doing to help. {pdf, 2MB}

Adobe Acrobat file Tsunami 6 Months After
Families in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and India have been rebuilding their lives over the last six months, and Plan has been there providing support. Read Plan's report 6 months after the tsunami. {pdf, 3MB}

HIV and AIDS


Adobe Acrobat file Plan's Global AIDS Framework
Summary of Plan's current AIDS program, outlining specific contributions that Plan can make to the international response to AIDS. {pdf, 1MB}

Adobe Acrobat file Circle of Hope: a rights-based approach to HIV and AIDS
Protecting children's rights in a world with AIDS {pdf, 4MB}

Adobe Acrobat file Saving lives: children's right to HIV and AIDS treatment {pdf, 1MB}

Child Trafficking


Adobe Acrobat file For the Price of a Bike: Report on child trafficking in Togo {pdf, 3MB}

Poverty


Adobe Acrobat file Growing Up in Asia: fighting child poverty
Plan Asia illustrates the interventions needed to fight child poverty in Asia. {pdf, 663KB}

Adobe Acrobat fileUnderstanding the Impact of Food Prices on Children
Understanding the Impact of Food Prices on Children reveals how the worst off families in Africa and Asia are struggling to feed themselves. The report calls for more attention to child-focused policies as government’s and aid agencies rush to put in place systems to help poor farmers and families.

Universal Birth Registration


Adobe Acrobat file

Count Every Child
This report documents Plan’s ground-breaking work with children, parents, communities, partners and governments throughout the Universal Birth Registration campaign.

 

Adobe Acrobat file Count me in! A look at the achievements and future goals of our global campaign on Universal Birth Registration. {pdf, 2MB}

Adobe Acrobat file Plan campaign report on Universal Birth Registration (summary) {pdf, 286KB}
Read why we're campaigning for every child to be registered at birth. The full 60-page report is also available {pdf, 157KB} (Note, to make the document small enough to download, the images have been removed)

Children's Rights


Adobe Acrobat fileBecause I am a Girl: The state of the world's girls 2009 (7.09mb | 154 pages)

"Because I am a Girl: The State of the World's Girl 2009," subtitle "Girls in the Global Economy: Adding It All Up," focuses on the global economy and warns that failing to send girls to school is costing the world's poorest countries billions of pounds each year.

Adobe Acrobat fileBecause I am a Girl: The state of the world's girls 2008 {.pdf, 5MB}

"Because I am a Girl: The State of the World’s Girls 2008," subtitled ‘In the Shadow of War’, examines the state of girls in conflict situations around the world and looks at what happens to them before, during and after war is over. It makes recommendations for change at international, national and local levels.

Adobe Acrobat fileBecause I am a girl
Millions of girls are being condemned to a life of inequality and poverty according to a new report from Plan {pdf, 4MB}

Adobe Acrobat file I am a teenager, what happened to my rights? {pdf, 1KB}

Adobe Acrobat file No More Excuses
Plan's strategy for ending violence against children, {pdf, 1.2 MB}

Adobe Acrobat file Our future; our say
This publication, written by children, gives children's views on the Millennium Development Goals. {pdf, 2MB}

Adobe Acrobat file Silent Suffering
The psychosocial impact of war, HIV and other high-risk situations on girls and boys in West and Central Africa. {pdf, 4.8 MB}

Child Media


Adobe Acrobat file Hear my voice
Download our booklet on Plan's child media programs around the world. {pdf, 918KB}

Plan USA Technical Notes


Adobe Acrobat file Adequate Water and Improved Environmental Sanitation

Adobe Acrobat file Child Media

Adobe Acrobat file Child Survival

Adobe Acrobat file Economic security

Adobe Acrobat file Education

Adobe Acrobat file Health

Adobe Acrobat file HIV and AIDS

Adobe Acrobat file Orphans and Vulnerable Children

Adobe Acrobat file Protection from the Impacts of Conflicts, Disasters and Emergencies

Position Papers


Below are global position papers of Plan International:

Adobe Acrobat file Street children
Street children are boys and girls using the street as their source of livelihood or home. Plan is working to ensure that children are not exposed to exploitative situations or forced to live in threatening environments. {pdf, 87KB}

Adobe Acrobat file Gender Equality Report
While some progress has been made in recent decades, in no region of the world are women and girls equal to men and boys in legal, social and economic rights. Gender gaps continue to exist in access to and control of resources and services, in economic opportunities, in power and political voice. {.pdf, 631KB}

Adobe Acrobat file Water and environmental sanitation
Plan is committed to working with communities in developing countries to ensure that a child’s environment is as healthy as possible. This work includes, amongst other activities, providing safe drinking water, all forms of waste management, pest control and training on food hygiene. {pdf, 2MB}

Adobe Acrobat file Education for all
Despite the global expansion of accessible education, millions of children from poor families are denied the right to basic education. {pdf, 110KB}

Adobe Acrobat file Child labor
Children often play an important part in the economy of poor families, but this role should not entail excessive, exploitative or hazardous labor. {pdf, 109KB}

Adobe Acrobat file Fair finance: for a self-sufficient livelihood
Provision of small loans and savings facilities is an effective way for poor people to increase their economic security and thus reduce poverty. {pdf, 66KB}

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