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JCTR Demands Action On The 2018 FIC Report
(2019-06-13)In 2013, the Patriotic Government decided to enact the Financial Intelligence Centre Bill which was drafted in 2010 by the previous Government and establish the Financial Intelligence Centre. This was a progressive move ... -
JCTR’s Reflections on the 2020 National Budget
(2020)The JCTR’s Kasama Office has over the years been engaged in advocacy and lobbying of policy makers in order to promote social justice for all people epically the poor. On 4th July, 2019, stakeholders drawn from Health, ... -
Media Statement on Public Finance Management In Zambia
(2017)The members of civil society are concerned with the current public financial management situation within which we find ourselves as Zambians. The Auditor General’s Report every year reveals how colossal sums of money are ... -
National Budget And Citizen Participation
(2019-11-05)A budget is a plan for future income and expenditure that is used as guideline for spending, saving or investing.The budget cycle refers to and includes all the processes, procedures and activities by which government ... -
Of Whose Benefit is Globalisation? Examining the Relevance of the G20 to Zambia
(2009)The G20, unlike other forms of international cooperations like the United Nations, is an informal forum that promotes discussion between industrialised and emerging-market countries on key issues related to global economic ... -
Press Statement on The Auditor General’s Report on The Accounts of The Republic For The Financial Year Ended 31St December, 2013
(2013)The Report is rather gloomy and bleak in respect of the utility of public resources pointing to prevalence of resource disutility in the public service. There are many questions than answers regarding the operation of the ... -
The Proposed Refinancing Strategy of US $750 Million Eurobond Might Lead Zambia Into A Sovereign Debt Crisis
(2019)The planned contraction of a private equity to amortize Zambia’s US$ 750 million Eurobond is a disaster in-waiting. JCTR is apprehensive with regard to use of a private equity to refinance the country’s Eurobond as the ... -
Report on the Jubilee Zambia Debt Campaign Opinion poll
(2002)The World Bank and the IMF launched the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative of debt reduction in 1997 in an attempt to address the debt problems of severely indebted low-income countries. As of January 2002, ... -
Resource Mobilization For Sustainable Development: Best Practices
(2011)Every government needs to mobilize financial resources to finance its development programme. The need to mobilize sufficient financial resources is even more urgent for developing countries like Zambia, as they have more ... -
Special Drawing Rights: Not a Sustainable Way of Supporting Zambia's National Budget
(2023-02-28)In August 2021, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) allocated by far the largest allocation to date of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) amounting to SDR 456.5 billion (equivalent to about US$650 billion). The purpose of ... -
Study to Identify Challenges and Potential Success Factors Regarding Public Finance Management in Zambia
(2011-12)This study was commissioned by the Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) to explore ways of promoting effective and efficient public resource management and service delivery through transparency, social accountability ... -
The Taxation System in Zambia
(2011-01)Zambia is facing tax performance challenges that need to be addressed urgently. The declining tax performance in the recent past has been caused by the proliferation of tax incentives in Zambia. The premise of this study ... -
Tilting The Scale in Favour of Borrowing And it’s Risks
(2020-01-15)The paper talks about the rise of Zambia’s external debt over the past few years. According to the Ministry of Finance data, Zambia’s domestic debt stock in terms of securities and bonds rose in 2011. Against this back ... -
Understanding the usage of Constituency Development Fund (CDF) in Zambia: The Case of Education, Health, Water and Sanitation Projects
(2019-05)Constituency Development Fund (CDF) is the generic name for a policy tool that dedicates public money to benefit specific political subdivisions through allocations and/or spending decisions influenced by their representatives ... -
Understanding the Usage of Constituency Development Fund (CDF) in Zambia: The Case of Education, Health, Water and Sanitation Projects In Chishipula, Kapulanga, Chamboli and Simoonga Communities
(2019-07)In Zambia, the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) was introduced in 1995 as “instrument” to facilitate the deliverance of public developmental goods and services directly to local communities. Despite the introduction of ... -
Understanding Zambia’s Debt And it’s Impact on Social Development
(2020)This report presents the findings, discussions and recommendations of the study in entitled, “Understanding Zambia’s Debt and Its (Social) Impact,” commissioned by the Jesuit Center for Theological Reflection (JCTR) with ... -
Wastage Of Public Resources Should Never Be Allowed To Continue
(2012-02-01)Fighting poverty and ensuring that every Zambian has access to basic needs such as food, health care, safe shelter, safe and clean water, basic sanitation, education and livelihood can never be achieved without prudence, ... -
Wastage Of Public Resources Should Never Be Allowed To Continue
(2012-02-01)In a poor country like Zambia where poverty levels are as high as 63% and the incidence of rural poverty as high as 78%, every ngwee counts and should therefore be collected and spent for the intended purpose and beneficiaries. ... -
Zambia After The HIPC ‘Surgery’ And The Completion Point
(2006)“We reached the heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) Completion Point in April 2005 and so what?” asked a workshop participant in one of the Jubilee-Zambia Provincial Workshops. Indeed many other Zambians are asking ... -
Zambia’s Experience With HIPC
(2004)The HIPC Initiative was first launched in 1996 by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, with the aim of ensuring that no poor country faces a debt burden it cannot manage. The Initiative entails coordinated ...