Key publications
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
Effective literacy programmes: options for policy-makers
2008 - by John Oxenham
Publisher: UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning
International Literacy Statistics
2008 - A review of Concepts, Methodology and Current Data
Publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Montreal
Literacy for All: making a difference
2008 - by Agneta Lind
Publisher: UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning
Literacy Initiative for Empowerment
Vision and Strategy Paper (3rd Edition)
Publisher: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning
Mother Tongue-based Literacy Programmes
2007 - Case Studies of Good Practice in Asia
Publisher: UNESCO Bangkok
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
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
A profile of youth and adult literacy at the mid-point of the United Nations Literacy Decade 2003-2012
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.
