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Life in Transition Survey: sub-Saharan Africa

Life in Transition Survey: Getting to know the EBRD’s new countries of operation in sub-Saharan Africa

20 January 2026

In 2024, as an extension of the fourth survey round, the Life in Transition Survey was conducted for the first time in six economies in sub-Saharan Africa, looking at skills, access to infrastructure, labour markets, entrepreneurship, mobility and digitalisation. This report provides a broad overview of the challenges and opportunities in those economies.

Chapters

Foreword

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Executive summary

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Notes and abbreviations

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Chapter 1. Taking stock of growth

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Chapter 2. Constraints on growth

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Chapter 3. Economic dynamism

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Chapter 4. Conclusions and policy implications

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Chart data

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Life in Transition Survey

A major survey of households and individuals in the economies where EBRD invests.