Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) Digital Repository: Recent submissions
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Ndola February 2023 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket Report
(2023-02-28)This survey was conducted on 27TH February 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 outlets ... -
Chinsali February 2023 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket Report
(2023-02-28)This survey was conducted on 27TH February, 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 outlets ... -
Message for Youth Day: A Call to Accelerate Youth Development Through Improved Socio-Economic and Socio-Cultural Standards
(2023-03-12)Zambia celebrates Youth Day (2023) under the theme ‘Transforming Minds for Accelerated Youth Development’. With a little over a year of UPND’s government being in office, this year’s celebrations come at a time when the ... -
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 ... -
Assessing the Allocation and Use of the Special Drawing Rights in Zambia
(2022-11-30)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). This allocation ... -
February 2023 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket: Message for International Women's Day; Embrace Equity in Addressing the Cost of Living
(2023-02-07)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 the month of February 2023 in Lusaka, stood at K9,278.06. This reflects ... -
October 2016 Negotiation Handbook for Communities and Traditional Leaders: Citizens Rights and Responsibilities
(2016-10-30)This Book is the first in a series of three books that together constitute the “Negotiation Handbook for Communities and Traditional Leaders”. The series of books is a product of the JCTR partnership with Diakonia and ... -
October 2016 Second Negotiation Handbook for Communities and Traditional Leaders: Obligations of Corparates
(2016-10-30)This Book is the second in a series of three books that together constitute the “Negotiation Handbook for Communities and Traditional Leaders”. The series of books is a product of the Jesuit Centre for Theological ... -
October 2022 third Negotiation Handbook for Communities and Traditional Leaders: Negotiation Skills
(2016-10-30)This Book is the third in a series of three books that together constitute the “Negotiation Handbook for Communities and Traditional Leaders”. The series of books is a product of the JCTR partnership with Diakonia and ... -
March 2021 Service satisfaction survey Report
(2021-03-30)The JCTR is a faith-based organisation that was founded in 1988 as a project of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) of the Southern Africa province. The Centre was founded to promote study and action on issues linking Christian ... -
September 2022 Effects of Large-scale Mining and Covid-19 Pandemic on Women In Solwezi and Kalumbila Districts of Zambia Policy Blief
(2022-09-30)Globally, Women can experience the consequences of mining projects in different, and often more pronounced, ways than men. Women often bear the brunt of mining projects yet fail to equitably enjoy the potential benefit. ... -
Seeking Benefits and Avoiding Conflicts: A Community Company Government Assessment of Chavuma, Zambia
(2016-12-30)This chapter is developed to lay out how the data required to meet the objectives of this study was collected. The main goal of this chapter is to justify the methodological approach, validity and ethical considerations that ... -
Seeking Benefits and Avoiding Conflicts: A Community Company Government Assessment of Copper Mining in Solwezi Zambia
(2017-06-17)This study is a collaboration of partners of Diakonia Zambia and the Joint Country Programme (JCP) Zambia namely Caritas Zambia, Catholic Diocese of Solwezi (CDOS), Publish What You Pay (PWYP), Jesuit Center for Theological ... -
Connecting Budget Credibility and the Sustainable Development Goals : Results from 13 Country Investigations
(2022-10-30)Budget credibility is a challenge found in many developing countries. It is defined as the difference between the budget that is approved by a country’s legislature, the actual expenditures spent, and revenues collected ... -
A Negotiation Handbook for Communities and Traditional Leaders: Facilitators’ Booklet: Negotiation Role Play
(2016-10-30)This booklet is the facilitators’ handbook to guide the negotiation role play. It is to be used by a facilitator together with Book 3 (Negotiation Skills)of a series of three books that together constitute the “Negotiation ... -
July 2022 Public Expenditure Tracking Survey Report: Driving Sustainable Change For Children’s Rights Project
(2022-07-30)The Government of the Republic of Zambia, through the 2022 national budget increased the amount of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) from K1.6 million to K25.7 million per Constituency. The expanded scope of the ... -
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 ... -
February 2011 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket: Will the Minimum Wage Increase the Purchasing Power for Employees? JCTR asks as the Lusaka BNB Reaches K3,000,000
(2011-02-05)Generally, the minimum wage serves the purpose of protecting low-wage workers. Raising the minimum wage creates ripple socio-economic effects as it has the immediate potential of reducing poverty as increased income boosts ... -
March 2011 Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket: Life in High Density Areas is Still a Challenge Despite High Economic Growth, Says JCTR
(2011-03-12)So far, evidence has shown that despite having recorded commendable progress on the macroeconomic front, there is very little to show in as far as translating into improved household welfare. This situation is particularly ... -
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 ...
