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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 ... -
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 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 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 September 2020 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket report
(2020-09-30)This survey was conducted on 27th Septemberl, 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 ... -
Mazabuka September 2021 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket Report
(2021-09-30)This survey was conducted on 27th September, 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 ... -
Mongu September 2021 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket Report
(2021-09-30)This survey was conducted on 27th September, 2021 by the Social and Economic Development Programme of the Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection. Average prices were calculated on the basis of surveys conducted at town ... -
Ndola September 2021 Basic Needs And Nutrition Basket Report
(2021-09-30)This survey was conducted on 27th September, 2021 by the Social and Economic Development Programme of the Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection. Average Prices were calculated on the basis of surveys conducted at ... -
November 2000 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket: Food Basket Cost Shoots up: JCTR Calls Upon Parliament to Seriously Look at the Rising Cost of Living
(2000-11-01)According to the JCTR's monthly food basket for a family of six in Lusaka, the cost of living has gone up by a huge margin. The survey indicates that for a family of six in Lusaka to survive, without taking into account ... -
November 2001 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket: High Cost of Living Should be an Essential Focus for Political Campaigns, Says JCTR
(2001-11-30)The JCTR monthly Food Basket that measures cost of living -- for a family of six in Lusaka has highlighted the continued disastrous living conditions in the country. The cost of the Food Basket for the month of November ...