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| | Chad the Economy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) |
 | | WHEN FRANCE GRANTED INDEPENDENCE to Chad in 1960, it left the new government with an essentially traditional economy, having a small industrial sector, an agricultural sector dominated by cotton, and an inadequate transportation sector. |
 | | By the late 1980s, even though there had been a lull in the fighting, better rains, and a modicum of political stability, Chad was still one of the poorest countries on earth and one of the least endowed with resources. |
 | | The economy had not improved appreciably since independence and, by some measurements, was probably worse than in 1960. |
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