Policy Brief

Sub-Saharan Africa: Listening to Leaders 2024 Survey

Date Published

Dec 9, 2025

Authors

AidData

Publisher

Citation

Custer, S., Horigoshi, A., Boer, B., and K. Marshall. (2025). Listening to Leaders 2025: Development cooperation over a decade of disruption. Williamsburg, VA: AidData at William & Mary.

Horigoshi, A., Custer, S., Marshall, K., and B. Burgess. (2025). Prioritizing Agenda 2030: How do Global South leaders navigate trade-offs and assess relevance? Analytical Brief. Williamsburg, VA: AidData at William & Mary. September 2025.

Abstract

AidData’s 2024 Listening to Leaders Survey captured the views of thousands of leaders worldwide on development priorities, progress, and partners. This brief focuses on the development goals that leaders in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) most prioritize, as well as how they rate the helpfulness and influence of the partners with whom they work.