The Global Literacy Challenge
2008 - A profile of youth and adult literacy at the mid-point of the United Nations Literacy Decade 2003-2012
Publisher: UNESCO 

EFA Global Monitoring Report 2006 - Literacy for Life
2006 - The 2006 Global Monitoring Report, Literacy for life, measures the world's progress towards achieving the six Education For All goals, and especially the neglected one of universal literacy.
Publisher: UNESCO

International Literacy Statistics  
2008 - A review of Concepts, Methodology and Current Data
Publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Montreal  

The Winners of the UNESCO Literacy Prizes 2008 
Stories on the 2008 Literacy Prize winners: Alfabetizando com Saúde from Brazil, Reflect and HIV/AIDS from Zambia, Ethiopia Literacy Plus from Ethiopia, and Kwanibela Project from South Africa.   

Literacy Initiative for Empowerment
Vision and Strategy Paper (3rd Edition)
Publisher: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning  

The Alphabet of Hope. Writers for Literacy
2007 - Collection of texts by world famous writers advocating for literacy including: Margaret Atwood, Paul Auster, Philippe Claudel, Paulo Coelho, Philippe Delerm, Fatou Diome, Chahdortt Djavann, Nadine Gordimer, Amitav Gosh, Marc Levy, Alberto Manguel, Anna Moi, Scott Momaday, Toni Morrison, Erik Orsenna, Gisèle Pineau, El Tayeb Salih, Francisco Jose Sionil, Wole Soyinka, Amy Tan, Miklos Vamos, Abdourahman A. Waberi, Wei Wei, Banana Yoshimoto.  
Publisher: UNESCO

Signposts to Literacy for Sustainable Development
2008 - Complementary Studies by Harbans S. Bhola and Sofía Valdivielso Gómez
Joint winners of the 2004-2005 International Award for Literacy Research
Publisher: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, Hamburg, Germany 

Effective literacy programmes: options for policy-makers
2008 - by John Oxenham
Publisher: UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning

Literacy for All: making a difference
2008 - by Agneta Lind
Publisher: UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning

Mother Tongue-based Literacy Programmes
2007 - Case Studies of Good Practice in Asia 
Publisher: UNESCO Bangkok