Cost of Living: Recent submissions
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Livingstone January 2023 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket Report
(2023-01-31)This survey was conducted on 27th January, 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 outlets ... -
Kitwe January 2023 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket Report
(2023-01-31)This survey was conducted on 27th January, 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 outlets ... -
Chinsali January 2023 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket Report
(2023-01-31)This survey was conducted on 25thJanuary, 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 outlets ... -
Monze February 2023 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket Report
(2023-02-28)This survey was conducted on 27th February, 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 outlets ... -
Mpika February 2023 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket Report
(2023-02-28)This survey was conducted on 25th February, 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 outlets ... -
Ndola February 2023 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket Report
(2023-02-28)This survey was conducted on 27TH February 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 outlets ... -
Chinsali February 2023 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket Report
(2023-02-28)This survey was conducted on 27TH February, 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 outlets ... -
February 2023 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket: Message for International Women's Day; Embrace Equity in Addressing the Cost of Living
(2023-02-07)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 the month of February 2023 in Lusaka, stood at K9,278.06. This reflects ... -
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 ... -
Seeking Benefits and Avoiding Conflicts: A Community Company Government Assessment of Chavuma, Zambia
(2016-12-30)This chapter is developed to lay out how the data required to meet the objectives of this study was collected. The main goal of this chapter is to justify the methodological approach, validity and ethical considerations that ... -
Seeking Benefits and Avoiding Conflicts: A Community Company Government Assessment of Copper Mining in Solwezi Zambia
(2017-06-17)This study is a collaboration of partners of Diakonia Zambia and the Joint Country Programme (JCP) Zambia namely Caritas Zambia, Catholic Diocese of Solwezi (CDOS), Publish What You Pay (PWYP), Jesuit Center for Theological ... -
July 2022 Public Expenditure Tracking Survey Report: Driving Sustainable Change For Children’s Rights Project
(2022-07-30)The Government of the Republic of Zambia, through the 2022 national budget increased the amount of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) from K1.6 million to K25.7 million per Constituency. The expanded scope of the ... -
March 2011 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket: Women are more Vulnerable to High Cost of Basic Commodities, Says JCTR
(2011-03-13)The cost of living as measured by the JCTR’s Basic Needs Basket (BNB) in February 2011 for an average family of six was K2,982,350. This showed a reduction of K36,750 from K3,019,100 in January 2011. The downward adjustment ... -
February 2011 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket: Will the Minimum Wage Increase the Purchasing Power for Employees? JCTR asks as the Lusaka BNB Reaches K3,000,000
(2011-02-05)Generally, the minimum wage serves the purpose of protecting low-wage workers. Raising the minimum wage creates ripple socio-economic effects as it has the immediate potential of reducing poverty as increased income boosts ... -
March 2011 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket: Life in High Density Areas is Still a Challenge Despite High Economic Growth, Says JCTR
(2011-03-12)So far, evidence has shown that despite having recorded commendable progress on the macroeconomic front, there is very little to show in as far as translating into improved household welfare. This situation is particularly ... -
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 ... -
June 2011 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket: Beyond the AGOA Forum, Will the Poor now Benefit?
(2011-06-15)The JCTR Lusaka Basic Needs Basket (BNB) for an average family of six in May was at K2,917,350 from an average of K3,003,550 in April 2011. The BNB is a tool that measures the average cost of basic food and essential ... -
August 2011 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket: Campaigns must Focus on Issues that will Improve Living Conditions of Zambians, Says JCTR
(2011-08-11)The JCTR has been collecting information on living conditions on a regular basis since the 1990s using the Basic Needs Basket (BNB), a tool that tracks the average cost of basic food and essential non-food commodities for ... -
September 2011 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket: Peace and Stability Cardinal to Meeting Basic Needs, Says JCTR
(2011-09-14)The Basic Needs Basket (BNB), a tool that tracks the cost of living for an average family of six in Lusaka and other towns across Zambia, acts as a proxy measure of levels of household vulnerability as it can be used ... -
January 2011 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket: JCTR’s Basic Needs Basket Shows a Mixed Picture in 2010
(2011-01-15)During this period, the JCTR continued to monitor the cost of living with a view to exposing the plight of the poor to policy-makers through its Basic Needs Basket (BNB). The BNB measures the cost of basic food items and ...
