World Vision Reports & Research

World Vision publishes reports and reseach on topics ranging from global poverty and child protection to conflict resolution and disaster response. Our research draws on the experience, observations and expertise of World Vision field staff working in a variety of countries and cultural contexts.

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Reports by issue

Global AIDS | Malaria | Disaster response | Child protection | Women and girls
Peace and conflict | Poverty reduction

The Global AIDS crisis

AIDS Attitude Survey
Executive summary and full report, December 2007

G8: Keep Your Promise on Global AIDS, Act Now
PDF, 579 KB, 9 pages, March 2007

Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Africa: Averting the Long-Term Consequences of a Growing Cohort
PDF, 189 KB, 6 pages, November 2006

How Communities Are Coping with the Impact of HIV and AIDS on Children, Findings from Uganda and Zambia
PDF, 7 pages, 123.1 KB, 2005

Attitudes, Beliefs and Knowledge About HIV Prevention for Children, Findings from Uganda and Zambia
PDF, 7 pages, 110.8 KB, 2005

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Malaria

Expanding the Net
How community initiatives and local participation improve the effectiveness of malaria control efforts
PDF, 171 KB, 14 pgs, April 2009

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Disaster response

Planet Prepare: Preparing Coastal Communities in Asia for Future Catastrophes
Executive summary (PDF, 2 pgs, 553 KB, September 2008)

Briefing Paper: Water Crisis After the Cyclone in Myanmar
PDF, 2 pages, 351 KB, May 2008

Conflict Sensitivity in Emergencies
PDF, 56 pages, 1822 KB, December 2007

Asia Tsunami Response -- Final Report

• Executive Summary, PDF, 5 pages, 406 KB, December 2007
• India PDF, 16 pages, 1754 KB, December 2007
• Indonesia PDF, 17 pages, 968 KB, December 2007
• Sri Lanka PDF, 19 pages, 1249 KB, December 2007
• Thailand PDF, 13 pages, 1302 KB, December 2007

Trapped! The Disappearing Hopes of Iraqi Refugee Children
PDF, 714.23 KB, 19 pages, June 2007

Trapped! Unlocking the Future of Iraqi Refugee Children
PDF, 388.72 KB, 8 pages, April 2007

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Child protection

Ten things you need to know about human trafficking
PDF, 2.32 MB, 52 pgs, June 2009

Briefing Paper: Child Protection in Myanmar After Cyclone Nargis
PDF, 782.KB, 4 pages, May 2008

Sex, Sun and Heritage: Tourism Threats and Opportunities in South East Asia
PDF, 1.02 MB, 72 pages, December 2007

Chile: Children Who Work in the Mountians
Part of World Vision's eries on Child Labor and Exploitation in Latin America and the Caribbean
PDF, 1.04 MB, 12 pgs, July 2007PDF, 1.04 MB, 12 pages, July 2007

Colombia: Children Who Sell in the Streets
Part of World Vision's Series on Child Labor and Exploitation in Latin America and the Caribbean
PDF, 752.79 KB, 12 pages, July 2007

Bolivia: Children Who Work in Tin Mines
Part of World Vision's Series on Child Labor and Exploitation in Latin America and the Caribbean
PDF, 311.68 KB, 14 pages, June 2007

Brazil: Children Who Work in the Market
Part of World Vision's Series on Child Labor and Exploitation in Latin America and the Caribbean
PDF, 399.61 KB, 14 pages, June 2007

Their Future in Out Hands: Children Displaced by Conflicts in Africa's Great Lakes Region
PDF, 2.64 MB, 49 pages, December 2006

“As if They Were Watching My Body": Pornography and the Development of Attitudes Toward Sex and the Sexual Behavior Among Cambodian Youth
PDF, 741 KB, 110 pages, May 2006

How and Why We Work: Child Workers in the Informal Economy In Phnom Penh and Battambang
PDF, 912 KB, 57 pages, September 2005

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Women and girls

Before she's ready: Fifteen places girls marry by 15
PDF, 4.63 MB, 35 pages, September 2008

Hope for the Girl Child
PDF, 867 KB, 52 pages, February 2007

Creating an Enabling Environment for the Advancement of Women and Girls
PDF, 338 KB, 28 pages, March 2006

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Peace and conflict

'Why did you let me get hurt?' Conflict and siege threaten Gaza's young minds
PDF, 21.2MB, 18 pgs, April 2009

Interventions for Depression Symptoms Among Adolescent Survivors of War and Displacement in Northern Uganda
From the Journal of the American Medical Association. World Vision was a collaborating partner in one of the studies.
August 2007

Reluctant Hosts – The Impact of the Lord’s Resistance Army on Communities in Western Equatoria
PDF, 4.72 MB, 60 pages, June 2007

A Shared Future: Local Capacities for Peace in Community Development
PDF, 2,856 KB, 159 pages, April 2006

Small Feet, Deep Prints: Young People Build Peace with World Vision East Africa
PDF, 1,194 KB, 86 pages, June 2005

Pawns of Politics: Children Conflict and Peace in Northern Uganda, 2nd Edition — Complete Report
PDF, 8,234 KB, 62 pages, 2005

Pawns of Politics: Children Conflict and Peace in Northern Uganda, 2nd Edition — Report Summary
PDF, 5,571 KB, 5 pages, 2005

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Poverty reduction

G8 and the Food Crisis
PDF, 200 KB, 2 pages, May 2008

A Matter of Life of Death How 18 million children are relying on the G8 to keep its promises
PDF, 946 KB, 13 pages, May 2008

Make Their Poverty History
PDF, 297 KB, 20 pages, June 2005

Poverty Reduction: Are the Strategies Working?
PDF, 500 KB, 70 pages, June 2005

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