Research and 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
Universal Birth Registration
Children's Rights
Child Media
Plan USA Technical Notes
Plan's Position Papers
About Plan's work
Plan Passport: Fall 2007 {pdf, 21Mb}
The Plan USA national magazine.
Plan WorldWide Combined Financial Statements 2007 {pdf, 673K}
Plan WorldWide Annual Review 2007
Read about Plan's work and achievements in 2007. {pdf, 2Mb}
Plan WorldWide Annual Review 2006
Read about Plan's work and achievements in 2006. {pdf, 2Mb}
The effectiveness of Plan's child-centred community development {pdf, 2Mb}
Independent program review assessing the effectiveness of Plan's work.
Disaster Relief and Recovery
Tsunami 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}
Tsunami 24 Months After Report
Read an objective assessment of Plan’s performance and effectiveness following the 2004 tsunami. {pdf, 2Mb}
Tsunami 18 Months After Report
Find out how Plan's role has evolved from one of emergency relief to recovery. {pdf, 2Mb}
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}
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}
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/AIDS
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}
Circle of Hope: a rights-based approach to HIV and AIDS
Protecting children's rights in a world with AIDS {pdf, 4Mb}
Saving lives: children's right to HIV and AIDS treatment {pdf, 1Mb}
Child Trafficking
For the Price of a Bike: Report on child trafficking in Togo {pdf, 3Mb}
Universal Birth Registration
Count me in!
A look at the achievements and future goals of our global campaign on Universal Birth Registration. {pdf, 2Mb}
Plan campaign report on Universal Birth Registration (8-page 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
Because 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}
Our future; our say
This publication, written by children, gives children's views on the Millennium Development Goals. {pdf, 2Mb}
Growing Up in Asia: fighting child poverty
Plan Asia illustrates the interventions needed to fight child poverty in Asia. {pdf, 663Kb}
I am a teenager, what happened to my rights? {pdf, 1,020Kb}
Child Media
Hear my voice
Download our booklet on Plan's child media programs around the world. {pdf, 918Kb}
Plan USA Technical Notes
Education {.pdf, 918K}
Child Media {.pdf, 531K}
Child Survival {.pdf, 2M}
HIV/AIDS {.pdf, 496K}
Position Papers
Below are global position papers of Plan International:
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}
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}
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}
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}
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}
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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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
Universal Birth Registration
Children's Rights
Child Media
Plan USA Technical Notes
Plan's Position Papers
About Plan's work
The Plan USA national magazine.
Read about Plan's work and achievements in 2007. {pdf, 2Mb}
Read about Plan's work and achievements in 2006. {pdf, 2Mb}
Independent program review assessing the effectiveness of Plan's work.
Disaster Relief and Recovery
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}
Read an objective assessment of Plan’s performance and effectiveness following the 2004 tsunami. {pdf, 2Mb}
Find out how Plan's role has evolved from one of emergency relief to recovery. {pdf, 2Mb}
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}
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}
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/AIDS
Summary of Plan's current AIDS program, outlining specific contributions that Plan can make to the international response to AIDS. {pdf, 1Mb}
Protecting children's rights in a world with AIDS {pdf, 4Mb}
Child Trafficking
Universal Birth Registration
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
Millions of girls are being condemned to a life of inequality and poverty according to a new report from Plan {pdf, 4Mb}
This publication, written by children, gives children's views on the Millennium Development Goals. {pdf, 2Mb}
Plan Asia illustrates the interventions needed to fight child poverty in Asia. {pdf, 663Kb}
Child Media
Download our booklet on Plan's child media programs around the world. {pdf, 918Kb}
Plan USA Technical Notes
Position Papers
Below are global position papers of Plan International:
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}
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}
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}
Despite the global expansion of accessible education, millions of children from poor families are denied the right to basic education. {pdf, 110Kb}
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}
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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