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    December 2018 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket: Analysis of the Effects of Emerging Economic Trends in on Access to Children's Rights


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    Date
    2018-12-30
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    Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection
    Type
    Technical Report
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    en
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    Abstract
    Government’s capacity to facilitate protection and fulfillment of children rights is usually hampered by disruptions in economic growth. This paper has analyzed the effects or likely effects of the current economic trends that have treated sustained economic growth and development in regard to access to children rights. Specifically, the paper has analyzed Zambia’s growing budget deficit, public debt – both internal and external debt as well as the accompanying corrective policies with the aim of reversing the current economic trend. The paper notes that Zambia’s economic growth rate has decelerated in the last three years from annual growth rates of around 6% experienced five years ago to around 3% in 2017. This drag in economic growth has been among other things been influenced by deteriorating fiscal and debt situation which have increased to an estimate of 7.4% of GDP in 2018 and US$ 15.95 billion. This trend has a potential to divert government resources from key social sectors that protects and fulfills children rights such as education, health and social protection as governments prioritizes loan repayments over allocations to such sectors.
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    Through a partnership with Save the Children International (SCI), the JCTR is undertaking a project to implement various interventions to promote public investment in children. The project, entitled ‘Public Investment in Children’, has its overall objective of promoting increased Government resource allocation to education, health, water and sanitation and child protection interventions/ services. The JCTR understands that education, health and water and sanitation are basic essentials for any child to thrive and the same can be said about social protection which facilitates realization of the above services for the most vulnerable members of our society. Realization of improved access to these invaluable social services however is often hampered by disruptions in economic growth trends which this paper attempts to analyse and offer suggestions on addressing them in order to guarantee smooth budgetary spending for the realization of children rights. The Zambian economy has been growing at a rate of over 6% per annum of GDP until recently when the growth decelerated to around 3% per annum. While children continue to face harsh reality amidst sound economic growth, the situation could become worse with the recent disruption in economic fundamentals in the economy. This paper therefore attempts to understand these realities vis-a-vis realization of children rights.
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    Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket; Cost of Living; December 2018
    Publisher
    Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection
    Sponsorship
    Irish Aid and Joint Country Programme
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    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14274/1673
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