{"id":4652,"date":"2014-02-20T16:31:09","date_gmt":"2014-02-20T14:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/?p=4652"},"modified":"2014-02-20T16:31:09","modified_gmt":"2014-02-20T14:31:09","slug":"lusaka-bnb-january-2014-and-press-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/2014\/02\/20\/lusaka-bnb-january-2014-and-press-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Lusaka BNB January 2014 and Press Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<address style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#888888;\"><b><i><a title=\"Press Release January 2014\" href=\"http:\/\/mafrsouthernafrica.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/press-release-jan-2014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3664 alignleft\" alt=\"JCTR Lusaka\" src=\"http:\/\/mafrsouthernafrica.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/11\/jctr-lusaka.png?resize=230%2C168\" width=\"230\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mafrsaprovince.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/jctr-lusaka.png?w=943&amp;ssl=1 943w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mafrsaprovince.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/jctr-lusaka.png?resize=300%2C219&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mafrsaprovince.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/jctr-lusaka.png?resize=768%2C560&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mafrsaprovince.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/jctr-lusaka.png?resize=900%2C657&amp;ssl=1 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color:#000080;\">Press Release, <\/span><\/i><\/b><span style=\"color:#000080;\"><i><b>11<sup>th<\/sup> February 2014<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000080;\"><b>Increased debt amidst high cost of living a cause for concern <\/b><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><i>Lately, there have been statements by senior government officials commenting on the state of debt levels in the country. The comments have partly been assurances that the current debt stock is sustainable. <\/i><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><i>Various sections of society have expressed fears that the country\u2019s debt stock is increasing to levels that may become unsustainable. While the government has made several assurances that the nation\u2019s debt levels are within manageable limits, it is important that the government is seen to contract and manage debt in ways that do not potentially worsen the livelihoods of the majority poor. \u00a0If debt being contracted is not prudently invested on high return projects to enable debt repayment without compromising social sector spending, then debt contraction even in the current sustainable debt levels is a source of concern. Increasing debt levels now also imply higher future taxes on the already heavily taxed workers and consequently a higher cost of living.<\/i><\/span><\/address>\n<address><a title=\"Press Release January 2014\" href=\"http:\/\/mafrsouthernafrica.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/press-release-jan-2014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><i>Press Release<\/i><\/span><\/a><\/address>\n<address><a title=\"BNB Lusaka January 2014\" href=\"http:\/\/mafrsouthernafrica.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/lusaka-january-2014-bnb.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><i>BNB January 2014<\/i><\/span><\/a><\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press Release, 11th February 2014 Increased debt amidst high cost of living a cause for concern Lately, there have been statements by senior government officials commenting on the state of debt levels in the country. The comments have partly been assurances that the current debt stock is sustainable. Various sections of society have expressed fears [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[22,28],"tags":[243,793,898],"class_list":["post-4652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-publications","tag-bread-basket","tag-justice-and-peace","tag-lusaka"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4652\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}