Studies: Recent submissions
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Empower Youth With Jobs to Meet Their Basic Needs, Says JCTR
(2012-03-15)Zambia’s policy framework in response to the challenges of youth development is embedded in a number of polices and strategies. These policies and plans are products of changes in time and context of the situation of the ... -
Insights of the August Basic Needs Basket (BNB): A discussion
(2020-09-27)This video is an interview with JCTR's Muchimba Siamachoka where she is discussing the Insights of the August Basic Needs Basket (BNB). She is interviewed by Annette Mulenga of JCTR. -
An Assessment of The Problems / Obstacles Faced By Informal Cross Border Traders in Zambia: The Case For Chipata And Livingstone Towns
(2002)Informal cross border trade (ICBT) is a phenomenon that has been in existence for some time now. A number of reasons have been cited to explain the emergence of informal cross border trade and. what seems to be common in ... -
Zambia: A Case Study Of Economic Reform And The Impact On The Poor
(1996-01-02)Zambia is a '‘classic case" of a poor African country struggling with the problems of political and economic transitions. In 1991, it moved out of 27 years of one-party/one-man rule by the leader of its independence fight, ... -
Cost of Living of Primary School Teachers: The Case of Lusaka Province
(2000-06)The main findings of the study are that incomes earned by teachers in government school were significantly lower than those earned by their colleagues in private schools. However, incomes for teachers in private schools ... -
Cost Benefit Analysis of Employment Created By Zambian Agribusinesses
(2013-03)Zambia is endowed with abundant natural resources, but in spite of the nation’s potential the problems of unemployment, underemployment and poverty have not been meaningfully alleviated by substantial investment and a fast ... -
Report on School Food Production And Income Generation in Rural Schools in Zambia
(2009)This report summarises the outputs of the data collection and analysis undertaken during the period 19th October – 12 November 2008. This exercise was to inform the school feeding study contracted out by the Jesuit Centre ... -
Basic Needs Basket (BNB) For January 2011: Will the Minimum Wage Increase the Purchasing Power for Employees? JCTR Asks as the Lusaka BNB Reaches K3,000,000
(2011-02-05)The minimum wage is one of the most important labour market policies in any economy. It is an instrument that raises much debate due to mainly three things. First, its effects on the welfare of employees, especially those ... -
Survey on Employment Generating Policies in Zambia
(2011-08)The basic fact that low income households possess few assets of their own can hardly be contested. The most abundant resource at the disposal of the poor is their labour. Thus, a development strategy that more fully employs ...
