Life in Transition Survey: Getting to know the EBRD's new countries of operation in sub-Saharan Africa
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Venue:
Online
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Abstract
This report provides a broad overview of the challenges faced by the EBRD’s new countries of operation in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) – Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and Senegal – when it comes to building economies that are competitive, well governed, inclusive, green, resilient and integrated. It compares and contrasts these challenges with those of economies in emerging Europe and Central Asia on their journeys from the legacy of central planning towards sustainable market economies. The report builds on rich sources of data, including a unique representative household survey, the Life in Transition Survey, which has been conducted by the EBRD in collaboration with the World Bank since 2006. The report takes stock of growth performance, examines the strengths and weaknesses of these economies looking at education, infrastructure and the structure of labour markets and documents the exceptional dynamism that offsets some of the constraints on growth, with high levels of optimism, digitalisation and entrepreneurship, rising private investment in some economies and a large potential demographic dividend.
Speaker
Zsoka Koczan (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, UK)
Convener/Organiser: Dr Luca Andriani
Contact name: External Relations Events
Speakers-
Zsoka Koczan
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Zsoka Koczan is a Lead Economist at the EBRD Office of the Chief Economist. She holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Cambridge. Prior to joining the EBRD Zsoka worked as an economist at the International Monetary Fund in the European Department (on Belarus, Montenegro and a cross-country project on macroeconomic developments in the Western Balkans) and in the Research Department (on the World Economic Outlook). She is currently working on the new round of the Life in Transition Survey. Her current research focuses on within-country income disparities, migration and inequality.
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