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The following publications are available free to download. However, donations to support our work would be greatly appreciated. Hard copies of many titles are also be available to order from our bookshop.
|  Annual review 2007 (2.2 Mb PDF)
Taking part: Progressio's annual review 2007 describes how Progressio helps people find solutions to the problems they face and achieve real change in their own lives and communities. |
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For the Common Good (1.1Mb PDF)
Following the publication of Pope Benedict's Encyclical Caritas in Veritate Progressio has assembled some personal reflections on it from friends and staff members. We hope that this short reflection will encourage individuals to think what the Pope's teaching means to us in the current climate and how we can respond to it.
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|  Food sovereignty (310k PDF)
In this Comment, Ernest Cañada outlines how small family farmers are opposing the dominant agribusiness model with an alternative approach based on the concept of food sovereignty. |
| Haiti 2004: A nation in crisis (855k PDF)
Examines the background to the situation in Haiti, outlines the grave humanitarian crisis facing the Haitian population, and makes recommendations for international action to assist Haiti to build a better future for its people. |
| livesimply comment: Let others live (411k PDF)
In this Comment, Edward Echlin argues that it is time for people in the global North to recognise the impact that our unsustainable lifestyles are having on people and poverty in the global South. |
| Seed saving and climate change in Zimbabwe (705k PDF)
This report shows the role that seed saving plays in helping farmers in Zimbabwe meet the challenges of achieving food security and sustainable livelihoods in the face of the increasing impacts of climate change. |
| Strategic framework 2005-10 (1.1mb PDF)
Progressio has developed a strategic framework that encapsulates its planned direction for 2005 to 2010. We will use this to work with partner organisations towards a shared vision of a just world without poverty. |
| The forgotten tribe (283k PDF)
This report on a 2006 survey of the views and perspectives of people with disabilities in Zimbabwe shows that much needs to be done to reduce discrimination against, and increase the opportunities open to, people with disabilities in Zimbabwe. |
| This is progress (995k PDF)
This is Progress is an abridged version of Populorum Progressio, Pope Paul VI's encyclical letter issued in 1967. One of the most important social documents issued since Vatican II. Populorum Progressio calls on Christians and all people of goodwill to unite and work for human development in a divided world. |
| Up in Smoke (1.45 Mb PDF)
This is the third report from the Working Group on Climate Change and Development. The report examines the impacts that climate change is having on agriculture and farming practices, fishing and coastal zones, towns and cities, and on the people of Latin America and the Caribbean. |
| Weather warning 131k PDF
This CIIR environmental action leaflet argues that developed nations need to reduce their energy use and carbon dioxide emissions in order to slow down global warming before it is too late. |
| West Papua: the struggle for peace with justice by Neles Tebay (760k PDF)
This CIIR Comment outlines the past and present injustices suffered by indigenous Papuans, and describes the peace-building work that offers the only real hope for the Papuan people that they will not forever have to live as outsiders in their own land. |
Progressio Annual Review 2008
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Financial Statements for 2007 (407k Word)
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