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March 2021 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket: Importation Ban Leads to a 100% Price Increase on Onion
(2021-03-31)The cost of living for a family of five as measured by the Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket (BNNB) for Lusaka in the month of March increased to K8, 644.50 from K8, 512.31 ... -
March 2021 Service satisfaction survey Report
(2021-03-30)The JCTR is a faith-based organisation that was founded in 1988 as a project of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) of the Southern Africa province. The Centre was founded to promote study and action on issues linking Christian ... -
March 2024 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket Statement: Strengthening Resilience in the Face of Food Insecurity - An Easter Message of Hope
(2024-03-28)The Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) observed an increase in the Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket (BNNB) which now stands at K10, 603.40 for the month of March representing a 2.9% increase in comparison to ... -
May 1997 Debt and Structural Adjustment: A Case Study of Zambia
(1997-05-30)Many of the international campaigns to support cancellation of foreign debt in poor countries use a particularly disturbing statistic from Zambia as an example of the impact of debt: Between 1990 and 1993, the government ... -
May 1998 Case Study: What to do About Poverty in Zambia?
(1998-05-30)Poverty in Africa is big in the news these days. But will it be big in the policy decisions here in Zambia? The recent regional meeting in Windhoek, Namibia, highlighted the extremely serious depth and dimensions of poverty ... -
May 2000 Does Zambia Need the IMF: A Case Study of Zambia
(2000-05-30)"Zambia needs the IMF more than the IMF needs Zambia!" This at least is the opinion of a high-ranking official in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, Mr. James Mtonga, Secretary of the Treasury, expressed ... -
May 2002 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket: JCTR Encouraged by Government Declaration of National Disaster but Calls for Looking Beyond Current Situation
(2002-05-30)The JCTR Basic Needs Basket --which measures cost of living for a family of six for the month of May now stands at K814,350, slightly declining by K11,150 from the month of April figure of K825,500. This reduction can be ... -
May 2003 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket: Holistic and Decentralised Approaches Critical to Efficencty and Equity in Health Services, Says JCTR
(2003-05-09)The JCTR monthly Basic Needs Basket, a tool for the estimation of the cost of living for a family of six in Lusaka, has once again shown that to survive or indeed to have access to three meals per day for a family of six ... -
May 2004 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket: Nutrition Should be Central to AIDS Treatment Discussion, Says JCTR
(2004-05-03)At no time has a holistic approach to health delivery been more critical than in our current predicament of HIV/AIDS, says the Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR). Particularly important in ensuring effective ... -
May 2005 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket: JCTR Calls For More Efforts at Addressing the Challenge of Employment Creation
(2005-05-01)Employment is very central in answering to the various social concerns Zambia currently faces. As such it should be one of the top most priority areas beyond what is currently obtaining in the country, observes the Jesuit ... -
May 2005 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket:JCTR Calls for Clarity on Maize Grain Situation
(2005-05-04)According to the JCTR Basic Needs Basket, a monthly survey of cost of living for a family of six, the cost of a 25 Kg bag of breakfast mealie meal has moved upwards in Lusaka from an average of K33,300 during the month of ... -
May 2008 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket: Increasing Food Prices: the JCTR Basic Needs Basket Tells it all
(2008-05-05)The provision of sustained affordable cost of living has historically proved to be a challenge to most African economies. But this challenge will obviously become even more formidable than before given current increases ... -
May 2011 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket: Creating more Jobs in the Manufacturing Sector is more Sustainable, Says JCTR
(2011-05-17)It has been well documented that the high and sustained economic growth and poverty reduction experience in East Asia was as a result of investing in labour intensive sectors such as manufacturing. Other labour ... -
May 2012 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket: Multiple Stakeholder Involvement Essential in Improving Living Conditions, Says JCTR
(2012-05-11)According to the latest BNB for the month of April 2012, the cost of living in Lusaka for a family of five stood at a staggering high of K2, 907,540 with the cost of food and essential non-food items at K776, 840 and K2, ... -
May 2020 Basic Needs and Needs Basket Statement: An Uphill Battle for the Poor as Cost of Living Continues to Rise
(2020-06-05)The Basic Needs and Nutrition basket (BNNB) for the month of May 2020 stood at K7, 195.60, an increase of K36.93 from the April 2020 basket. Increases in the basket were noted in the prices of vegetables which moved from ... -
May 2024 Basic Needs & Nutrition Basket Statement: Climate Change and Rising Costs in Zambia Become Increasingly Apparent as the Cost of Living Rises in May 2024
(2024-05-31)In May 2024, the Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) reported a significant rise in Zambia's Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket (BNNB), now standing at K10,701.13, reflecting a K352.87 increase from April. This ... -
Mazabuka 2022 Basic And Needs Nutrition Basket
(2022-12-31)his survey was conducted on 25thDecember, by the Social and Economic Development Programme of the Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection. Average Prices were Calculated on the basis of prices gathered from retail ... -
Mazabuka April 2020 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket Report
(2020-04-30)This survey was conducted on 27th April, 2020 by the Social and Economic Development Programme of the Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection. Average Prices were calculated on the basis of prices gathered from retail ... -
Mazabuka April 2021 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket Report
(2021-04-30)This survey was conducted on 27th April, 2021 by the Social and Economic Development Programme of the Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection. Average Prices were calculated on the basis of prices gathered from retail ... -
Mazabuka April 2022 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket Report
(2022-04-30)This survey was conducted on 25th April, 2022 by the Social and Economic Development Programme of the Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection. Average Prices were Calculated on the basis of prices gathered from retail ...