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Debt Resource Monitoring Manual
(2008)The achievements made so far in the campaign for debt cancellation need to be complemented by prudent management and utilisation of debt resources in the post HIPC era. In order to facilitate transparency and accountability ... -
Debt Resource Monitoring Report
(2010-11)Good road infrastructure is cardinal in the promotion of viable economic activities. This is even more so for the agriculture sector which relies on the road network for transportation of agricultural inputs such as seed ... -
Debt Resource Monitoring Report (DRM)
(2010-11)The poor water supply and sanitation situation in the Central Province resulted the Zambian government to acquire a loan and grant amounting to US$33 million from the African Development Bank (AfDB) to embark on a US$36.9 ... -
Does Aid Transparency Make for More Effective Aid? A Case Study of Lusaka Province
(2011)The movement for increasing aid transparency has gained significant momentum in recent years. The purpose of this study is to analyze the link between aid transparency and aid effectiveness. Several studies do not corroborate ... -
Domestic Resource Mobilisation For Sustainable Development
(2008)To ensure that there is equity in bearing the tax burden. The tax burden in Zambia is borne largely by about 500, 000 workers in the formal sector. There is need to ensure that equity prevails where all contribute to the ... -
Domestic Resource Mobilisation For Sustainable Development
(2014)TPIN stands for Tax Payer Identification Number. It can be likened to a National Registration Card (NRC) number for a Zambian citizen. It is the official ten (10) digits number that ZRA issues to a Tax registered individual ... -
Economic Partnership Agreements: A Challenge for Trade Justice
(2007)In the last three years, the Debt and Trade Project (now Debt Aid and Trade Programme, DAT) of the Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) invested in understanding the trade challenges faced by Zambia and other ... -
Enhancing Tax Revenue Collection in Zambia: Promoting Sustainable Development And Eradicating Poverty
(2015)This policy brief presents evidence on the Zambian tax system. Its core argument is that we need a radical overhaul of the tax system in order to increase domestic revenue to spend on measures to reduce poverty. In Annex ... -
Enhancing Transparency, Accountability & Community Participation in the Implementation of the Constituency Development Fund
(2023-12-07)Following the enhancement of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) budgetary allocation from K1.6 million to K25.7 million in 2022, and subsequently to K28.3 million in 2023, civil society expressed concern at the lack ... -
Ensuring Equity: The Preferential Option for the Poor in the K42 Billion Supplementary Budget No.1 of 2024
(2024-06-24)The Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) acknowledges the Zambian government's K42 billion supplementary budget to address drought impacts, highlighting allocations for social cash transfers, school feeding ... -
An Evaluation of The Strengths And Weaknesses of Public Debt Management in Zambia And Management Legal Review
(2007-11)Zambia’s external debt has had a number of effects on the Zambian economy. The HIPC debt agreement, coined in 1996 to help countries like Zambia faced with a huge debt problem and a high fiscal deficit resulted in Zambia ... -
Final Report of the Evaluation of the Debt Project (October 1998-December 2001)
(2003-03-04)The CCJP/JCTR debt project was established in 1998 with the purpose of securing an ethical outcome to Zambia’s external debt problem, viewed as a burden on the people by the project holders. The main purpose of the evaluation ... -
Human-Needs Based Debt Sustainability Analysis: A Challenge For Zambia
(2005-06)In this report. Jubilee Zambia presents a proposal of a set of guides on the development of a human- needs based Debt Sustainability Analysis Framework (DSA.). This proposal is formulated with a view to stimulate dialogue ... -
Identifying and Analysing Challenges in Accessibility of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) Loans and Grants Among Women and Youths in Rural Communities: A Case of Mansa and Samfya Districts
(2024-04-14)This study, conducted by the Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) in collaboration with the Zambian Financial Sector Deepening Limited (FSD Zambia), investigates the barriers hindering women and youths in rural ... -
The Impact of Debt Burden on the Well-being and Quality of Life of Citizens
(2024-02-09)Zambia faces a fiscal challenge common to many other underdeveloped nations in Africa: high, unsustainable debt burdens, fiscal mismanagement and undisciplined borrowing, poor resource allocation, government graft and ... -
Implementation of Select Health Projects at Livingstone Central Hospital
(2018)Over the years, the Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) has monitored the use of public financial resources in an effort to foster accountability by public officers. Some works have included analysing issues ... -
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 ...