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The aftermath of the Iraq war: a balance of fear and hope (85k Word )
Transcript of the talk by Professor Emeritus of Peace Studies James O'Connell on 28 July 2004.

annual review 2007: Taking Part

annual review 2007 (2.2 Mb PDF)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.


 Capacity building manual for NGOsCapacity building for local NGOs: A guidance manual for good practice.
This comprehensive manual on capacity building for local non-governmental organisations can be used for training and development or by local NGOs as a self-help manual.
Available for download by chapter 

Challenging women's poverty

Challenging women's poverty : Perspectives on gender and poverty reduction strategies from Nicaragua and Honduras (303k PDF)
Examines the ability of poverty reduction strategies to recognise women's needs and challenge women's poverty.


A Culture of Peace

pdf document Culture of peace: Women, faith and reconciliation (398k PDF)


Further steps to democracy in Somaliland

pdf document Further steps to democracy: The Somaliland parliamentary elections, September 2005 (295k PDF)

 

Financial Statements for 2007 (407k Word)Financial Statements for 2007 (407k Word)

Food Sovereignty

pdf document 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.

Futures for Southern Africa

pdf document Futures for southern Africa (255k PDF)
Report of a symposium held in Windhoek, Namibia, September 2003

Haiti 2004

pdf document 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.

Inheriting the earth publication

pdf document Inheriting the earth: Land reform in southern Africa (344k PDF)
Lloyd Sachikonye, a specialist in agrarian and labour studies from Zimbabwe, examines post-independence approaches to land reform and their impact on the people of southern Africa.

livesimply comment

livesimply comment May 2007 (411k PDF)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. 

 


Living lightly on the Earth

pdf document Living lightly on the earth: Christian stewardship of the environment (163k PDF)
This CIIR Faith Reflection by Fr Sean McDonough argues that the human, moral and religious challenge of our times is to halt the destruction of the earth's environment and heal, where possible, the damage which has already been inflicted on our planet. 

needed but unwanted - Haitian immigrants and their descendants in the Dominican Republic

pdf document Needed but unwanted : Haitain immigrants and their descendants in the Dominican Republic (1.2mb PDF)
Examines the origins and changing nature of Haitian immigration, and describes the efforts being made to establish and protect the rights of Haitians and Haitian-Dominicans in the Dominican Republic.
Also available in Spanish (1.7mb PDF) and in French (1.4 Mb PDF)

People and the environment on the edge

pdf document People and the environment on the edge: Environmental vulnerability in Latin America and the Caribbean (316k PDF)
This CIIR Comment examines environmental damage and degradation in Latin America and the Caribbean, and argues that neoliberal structures of aid, trade, debt and investment are the underlying causes of the region's 'environmental vulnerability' - whereby poor people are most vulnerable to the adverse consequences of the stresses that the modern world is placing on the environment.

pdf document Full list of references for People and the environment on the edge (40k PDF)


Strategic Framework 2005 2010

pdf document 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

pdf document 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

pdf document 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

pdf document 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.


Up in smoke

pdf document Up in Smoke (Spanish translation 1.5 Mb PDF)

Visión y valores de Progressio en práctica

pdf document Vision and values (456k PDF)

Weather Warning

pdf document  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

pdf document 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.

The post apartheid movement in Southern Africa

pdf document Whatever happened to the post-apartheid moment? Past hopes and possible futures for southern Africa (285k PDF)
A decade on from the end of apartheid, Peter Vale examines the dynamics that continue to shape the region - and looks ahead to where southern Africa might go from here.

What's wrong with GM?

pdf document What's wrong with GM? - Why genetically modified crops are bad for people and bad for the environment (267k PDF)
This CIIR environmental action leaflet argues that the introduction of GM crops will endanger small farmers' livelihoods, undermine poor people's ability to feed themselves, and increase the pressures on already damaged and vulnerable environments.

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