World Vision’s extensive library
World Vision encourages the global community to work together for a world that no longer tolerates poverty and injustice.
In advocating for the poor, World Vision regularly researches and publishes a variety of publications – reports, briefings, reports and policy updates – on key development issues.
Our advocacy programs are based on extensive fieldwork with affected communities. We make it clear to agencies, governments and policymakers from many different political and religious systems that we seek only to represent the poor.
World Vision has many years of practical knowledge earned in a development context. Our learnings form a vast library of development practice that is extensive and insightful.
Our publications
- Our Annual Program Reviews (known in previous years as Responses to Poverty) contain detailed case studies of World Vision’s three core areas of work – relief work, development work and advocacy programs. The reviews showcase our striving for continual improvement of program effectiveness. They provide critical reflection on our successes and failures, which assists us to improve accountability; and they provide a way to monitor, review, improve and illustrate our work.
The 2009 edition explores specific development challenges within our traditional focus areas. It also broaches new subject matter, with articles on disability, economic empowerment, the rural-urban continuum, organisational systems, and mobilising consumer choice.
The first Annual Evaluation Review reflects our commitment to promoting evidence-based programming. The review assesses the achievements of our projects by synthesising the findings of evaluations conducted in FY09. It represents a significant step forward in fulfilling our accountability to the communities we work with, our donors and supporters.
[Please note: Both World Vision’s Annual Program Reviews and Annual Evaluation Reviews highlight our commitment to accountability and transparency. They provide valuable insights into our programming practices. In addition, they act as companion pieces to World Vision Australia’s Annual Report .
World Vision Australia's Field Ministry Strategy 2008 - 2010 is a three-year strategy document, part of an ongoing communication to communities, staff, partners and the NGO sector to display World Vision Australia’s unique program offering and intentions. This strategy seeks to integrate advocacy, humanitarian and development actions. It focuses on higher-level conceptual analysis rather than tactical country-level detail.
- World Vision publishes case studies, reports and policies on a wide range of issues, categorised here under nine main areas:
Aid, Trade and MDGs
Australia and the Pacific
Children
Climate Change
Environment
Gender and Development
Health
Human Rights
Humanitarian and Emergency Affairs
Publications range in topics from fair trade programs in South America, maternal and child health in the Asia Pacific and early childhood education in the Solomon Islands. Reports on issues such as early marriage, child labour and human trafficking, and policy papers linking climate change and poverty are also available for download.
- World Vision International's quarterly journal, Global Future magazine, features debate on important development questions and articles from policy makers, grassroots activists and development practitioners, including World Vision staff. Each issue of the magazine deals with a topical theme, such as trade, human rights, HIV and AIDS, corporations and conflict. Go to Global Future online for access to current and past issues of the magazine.
For general company information about World Vision Australia, go to our Annual Report.