Browsing Statements by Author "Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection"
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April 2002 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket: JCTR Says High Cost of Living Enhancing Reproduction of Poverty
(2002-04-30)According to recent estimates as indicated by the JCTR Basic Needs Basket, the cost of living for a family of six in Lusaka now stands at K825,500 up from the month of March figure of K824, 600. The cost of food only, still ... -
April 2004 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket: JCTR Basket Coverage Expanded to Include Livingstone, Kabwe, Ndola, Luanshya and Kitwe
(2004-04-07)The Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) has expanded its area of coverage of the Basic Needs Basket from Lusaka to other areas. The areas to which the Basic Needs Basket has been expanded to are Livingstone, ... -
April 2005 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket: Inadquate Responses and a Complex Interaction of Factors Behind Increases in Poverty: JCTR Calls for Real Action During the Global Week of Action
(2005-04-12)The Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) says that it is very clear that inadequate responses and a complex interaction of both local and international factors has made the fight against poverty increasingly ... -
April 2006 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket: At the Launch of “Pastoral Circle Revised,” JCTR Urges for Stronger Local Level Engagement in Zambia's Development
(2006-04-05)The JCTR says this in light of a book it is launching on 05 April 2006 entitled, The Pastoral CircleRevisited. This book provides important insights into not only understanding social analysis as abroad topic but how we ... -
April 2006 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket: JCTR Says Present Employment Situation must not be a Way of Life, Labour Day Celebrations must Advance Action
(2006-04-28)As Zambia celebrates Labour Day, there is an urgent need for pragmatic steps in addressing the country’s employment situation beyond considerations of the informal sector as a buffer to the situation, says the Jesuit Centre ... -
April 2009 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket: The Global Economic Crisis Manifest Worsening Social Crisis, Reveals JCTR
(2009-04-09)The JCTR Basic Needs Basket (BNB), a simple but concrete tool that measures the cost of living for a family of six in Lusaka and other towns, reveals that the cost of mealie meal has continued to rise. For the month of ... -
April 2009 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket: The Global Economic Crisis Manifests Worsening Social Crisis, Reveals JCTR
(2009-04-09)The JCTR Basic Needs Basket (BNB), a simple but concrete tool that measures the cost of living for a family of six in Lusaka and other towns, reveals that the cost of mealie meal has continued to rise. For the month of ... -
August 2001 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket: JCTR Food Basket Record Huge Increase: Proportion of Household Expenditure on Mealie Meal Rises
(2001-08-31)The Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) monthly Food Basket for a family of six in Lusaka has recorded a huge increase in its cost. The cost of the Food Basket for the month of August stands at K348,500. This ... -
August 2003 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket: JCTR Basic Needs Basket Records Low Mealie Meal Price, Other Food Iterms Remain High
(2003-08-11)This is according to the Basic Needs Basket, the JCTR monthly estimation of the cost of living for a family of six in Lusaka. Once again the Basket has recorded some reduction in the price of mealie meal. The price of ... -
August 2005 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket: JCTR asks: Why Have we not Realised the Value of Education and Health all the Time?
(2005-08-04)The JCTR monthly Basic Needs Basket provides an independent and evidence based view of what is happening in people’s living conditions. “The relationship,” says Muweme, “between the cost of basic needs and people’s incomes ... -
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 ... -
August 2012 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket: Minimum Wage Dialogue and Implementation Key to Addressing Income Poverty and Unemployment in Zambia, Says JCTR
(2012-08-02)The cost of living as measured by the JCTR’s Basic Needs Basket (BNB) for the month of July 2012 for an average family of five living in Lusaka was K3, 445,660. This shows a marginal increase of K49, 340 from K3, 395, ... -
Basic Needs Basket (BNB) for February 2019: Lifting of Mealie Meal Export Ban to Impact Negatively on the Poor
(2019-03-18)The JCTR’s February, 2019 Basic Needs Basket (BNB) for a family of five in Lusaka stood at K 5,331 which was K64 less than the January BNB which stood at K 5,395.35. The most significant changes were noted in fish which ... -
December 2000 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket: Year 2000 Winds Up With a Very High Increase in Cost of Food Basket, Observes JCTR
(2000-12-30)As we approach the end of the year 2000, there is much discussion about the state of Zambia's economy. The Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) notes that a key topic of discussion is the significance of Zambia's. ... -
December 2002 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket: More Efforts Needed at Addressing Zambia's Imminent Deeper Social Crisis, Says JCTR
(2002-12-02)Zambia has a vast potential in almost all sectors to advance the quality of life of its people. We need not and should not be facing the current socio-economic problems of hunger, loss of value of the Kwacha, high cost of ... -
December 2002 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket: Year 2002 Characterized by Disturbing Social Challenges, Observes JCTR
(2002-12-31)The last twelve months of 2002 have seen a serious deterioration in the social conditions of most Zambian people, says the Economic and Social Development Research Project of the Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection ... -
December 2004 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket: JCTR ask's: why Don't Politicians Speak About What is Important in People's Lives?
(2004-12-08)According to the JCTR’s November Basic Needs Basket, the cost of living for a family of six in Lusaka has continued to fluctuate at a very high level. For food alone, the cost is K456,200, and for non-food essentials, the ... -
February 2001 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket: JCTR Calls for Sharper Focus on Development Issues
(2001-03-02)According to the Economic and Social Development Project, a sharper focus on integral development must not be lost. On one hand, Zambia’s human development indicators on almost all accounts, (education, life expectancy, ... -
February 2003 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket: People's Hardships Hightened: Basic Needs Cost a Million, Says JCTR
(2003-02-11)In the midst of widespread human deprivations, cost of living for a family of six in Lusaka shows a sharp increase beyond reach of many households leading to acute and widespread hardships, observes the Economic and Social ... -
February 2005 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket: The 2005 National Budget: Continuing with the Status Quo?
(2005-02-10)The JCTR Basic Needs Basket is a measure of the cost of essential food and non-food items for a family of six living in one of six specific urban areas: Luanshya, Ndola, Lusaka, Kitwe, Livingstone and Kabwe. In January ...
