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  Economy Of Chad, Chad Economy Overview, Statistics and Profile, Chad In The World Economy.
Economy Of Chad, Chad Economy Overview, Statistics and Profile, Chad In The World Economy.
Chad is a lower income country comes under the Sub Saharan African region as to the classification made by the World Bank on the basis of income and region for the year 2006.
The country has a total surface area of 1.3 million square kilometers as in the year 2004, with a total forest area of 123.2 thousand square kilometers.
www.economywatch.com /world_economy/chad/index.html   (224 words)

  
  Chad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chad has four climactic zones: it has broad, arid plains in center, desert in north, dry mountains in northwest, and tropical lowlands in south.
Lake Chad, which is in Chad and Cameroon, was once the second-largest lake in Africa but has shrunk dramatically during the last few decades and is now down to less than 10% of its former size.
Chad's primarily agricultural economy will continue to be boosted by major oilfield and pipeline projects that began in 2000.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chad   (1013 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Chad : Economy (Chad Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
The economy is based primarily on sedentary subsistence agriculture and nomadic pastoralism.
Natron and uranium are the country's chief minerals, and petroleum is produced in the southern Doba basin, which is connected by pipeline with the Cameroonian port of Kribi.
Chad is a member of the Franc Zone.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/C/Chad-economy.html   (284 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Economy of Chad
In 2000, Chad's nominal GDP was estimated at just over $1.43 billion with per capita income at approximately $188.
Chad’s economic performance continues to depend on fluctuations in rainfall and in prices of its principal export commodities, especially cotton.
As of 2004 the economy of Chad has been subjected to further pressure due to fleeing refugees from the conflict in the neighbouring Darfur region of Sudan.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Economy-of-Chad   (1109 words)

  
 Chad. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Chad is bordered by the Central African Republic on the south, Sudan on the east, Libya on the north, and Cameroon, Niger, and Nigeria on the west.
In 1900, French forces defeated Rabah’s army, and by 1913 the conquest of Chad was completed; it was organized as a French colony in French Equatorial Africa and remained under military rule.
Chad suffered severely from the W African drought of the late 1960s and 1970s.
www.bartleby.com /65/ch/Chad.html   (1225 words)

  
 WORLD ENCYCLOPAEDIA - Chad - GROWTH AND STRUCTURE OF THE ECONOMY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Chad's remoteness, its inadequate infrastructure, its recent history of war, drought, and famine, and its dependency on a single cash crop--cotton--for export earnings made it one of the poorest nations of the world.
Chad's economy was based almost entirely on agriculture and pastoralism.
Chad's only mining industry was the traditional exploitation of sodium carbonate (natron) in dried beds around Lake Chad.
encyclopaedic.net /world/chad/33.php   (1136 words)

  
 Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Chad, one of the world's poorest countries, could enter the 21st century with much improved economic prospects, through the export of oil as early as the year 2004.
The economy suffers from some obvious disadvantages of landlocked countries: the nearest port is about 1000 kilometers away to the south and, with a vast and seasonally flooded territory, transport costs can be extremely high.
The economy remains vulnerable to such exogenous factors as changing weather patterns and fluctuations in commodity prices and exchange rates, but private investment is increasing, in part in anticipation of the development and exploitation of the country's oil resources.
www.worldbank.org /afr/ccproj/project/pro_concept.htm   (2151 words)

  
 Chad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The Republic of Chad (تشاد, Tašād) is a land-locked nation in central Africa.
In WWII, Chad was the first French colony to join the Allies.
Over 80% of Chad's population relies on subsistence farming and for its livelihood.
www.bexley.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Chad   (950 words)

  
 Chad Economy
Chad also sells smoked and dried fish to its neighbors and exports several million dollars worth of gum arabic to Europe and the United States each year.
After averaging 0.8% in 1999-2000, Chad’s real GDP growth was estimated at 8.9% in 2001, and 10% in 2002 and 2003 as the Doba oil project accelerated.
Chad’s economic performance, at least until the onset of oil exports, continued to depend on fluctuations in rainfall and in prices of its principal export commodities, especially cotton.
www.traveldocs.com /td/economy.htm   (897 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Print Preview - Chad
The economy of Chad is based largely on subsistence agriculture; some 83 percent of the labor force is engaged in farming, animal husbandry, forestry, and fishing.
Chad’s economic prospects have been boosted by the development of oil wells since 2000 and the 2003 completion of a 1,000-km-long (600-mi-long) oil pipeline through Cameroon to the Atlantic coast.
The processing of cotton and cottonseed oil and the manufacturing of peanut oil are major industries in Chad.
encarta.msn.com /text_761562065___10/Chad.html   (364 words)

  
 An MBendi Profile: Chad - Overview
Chad is a landlocked country situated in Central Africa and bordered by Libya, Sudan, the Central African Republic, Niger, Cameroon and Nigeria.
Chad is a member of the Central African Economic and Monetary Union (CEMAC), a regional organisation aiming for economic integration.
Chad’s economy has historically been one of the poorest in the world, but recent progress in the oil sector is likely to change this.
www.mbendi.co.za /land/af/ch/p0005.htm   (1529 words)

  
 MapZones.com : Chad Economy
The economy of Chad is based largely on subsistence agriculture; some 83 % of the labor force is engaged in farming, animal husbandry, forestry, and fishing.
Chad's principal mineral resource is natron -a complex of sodium carbonate, which is dug up in the Lake Chad and Borkou areas and is used as salt and in the preparation of soap and medicines.
Landlocked Chad's economic development suffers from its geographic remoteness, drought, deficiency of infrastructure, and political turmoil.
www.mapzones.com /world/africa/chad/economyindex.php   (293 words)

  
 Travel Outward: Destinations: Chad, Africa
Chad is considered to be one of the poorest nations on earth, but it's cities and other ancient attractions still make it an interesting place to go for the adventurous traveler.
Chad is on Amnesty International's watch list because of the violent conflicts and methods of torture used by the government to deter detractors, though travelers are not typically at threat.
Chad's three climatic regions have temperatures ranging from 110°F in the area around the capital to 15°F in the northern mountains of the Sahara.
www.traveloutward.com /destinations/africa/chad.shtml   (658 words)

  
 Project IDEELS: MUNO Profile - Chad   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Chad has a population of 9,253,493, with an annual growth rate of just over 3%; the country ranks 21st in the world for infant mortality, with 95.74 deaths per 1000 live births.
French and Arabic are the official languages in Chad, with Sara being spoken in the south.
Chad is a land-locked country that is subject to periodic droughts, particularly in the north, where hot, dry, dusty harmattan winds occur.
www.ideels.uni-bremen.de /chad.html   (677 words)

  
 Chad -> Economy on Encyclopedia.com 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Seepage relationships between Lake Chad and the Chad aquifers.
Chad: the tip of the spear: a revolution is taking place in the dust bowls of southern Chad, one that will have a profound impact on how African countries do business with the major oil companies in the future.
CHAD: Tibesti desert Francoise CLAUSTRE a prisoner of the FROLINAT (National Liberation Front of the Chad) for 17 months held captive awaiting the long negotiations between the French Go (PAR115703)
www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/Chad_Economy.asp   (910 words)

  
 Chad and Cameroon Country Analysis Brief   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
As a result, Chad is one of the poorest countries in the world, and tensions between the government and opposition groups persist.
Chad is expected to receive $3.5 billion in revenues during the first ten years of exporting oil through the pipeline, increasing annual government revenues by more than 50%.
Chad is the first country to accept a conditional loan from the World Bank based on oil-revenue spending restrictions.
www.eia.doe.gov /emeu/cabs/chad_cameroon.html   (3393 words)

  
 Chad Rebellion in Eastern and Northern Chad - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current ...
Travel became unsafe in much of central Chad, and governmental authority in the north was reduced by 1969 to the garrison towns of Faya Largeau, Fada, Bardaï, and Ounianga Kébir.
Prior to 1976, Chad's uprisings were disorganized and uncoordinated among dissident groups.
The most significant political reform was the full restoration to Chad's major sultans of their previous judicial authority.
workmall.com /wfb2001/chad/chad_history_rebellion_in_eastern_and_northern_chad.html   (816 words)

  
 Economy (from Chad) --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
Lake Chad ranks as the fourth largest lake in Africa, though its surface area varies greatly.
The countries of Chad, Cameroon, Nigeria, and Niger all have shorelines on Lake Chad in west-central Africa.
In the years preceding the dissolution of the union in 1991, the economy of Russia and the union as a whole was in decline.
www.britannica.com /ebi/article-198424?tocId=198424&ct=   (867 words)

  
 afrol News - Chad on its marks for economic boom
Chad was hard hit by extreme weather conditions during the 1999/2000 agricultural season, with parts of the country brought to the brink of famine.
Chad was further hit hard by a decline in the world market price for cotton, it main export commodity.
The primary concern of the Chadian government for the years ahead is to ensure that Chad escapes the pitfalls of developing a dual economy, namely to avoid an industrial oil enclave with close connections to the outside world that is cut off from the country's non-oil economy.
www.afrol.com /News2002/cha003_econ_growth.htm   (1079 words)

  
 chadonline --index   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
With an annual per capita income of $ 230, Chad is one of the poorest countries of the world and is ranked 167th out of 174 countries on the United Nations` human development index.
Chad's economy is currently dominated by the agricultural sector.
In 2000, Chad's economy rebounded, posting a real GDP growth rate of 3% accompanied by a 3% rise in the consumer prices.
www.rit.edu /~dxr8273/737/chadonline/economy1.html   (410 words)

  
 Chad Economy | Economy of Chad | WorldEssentials
Chad's primarily agricultural economy will continue to be boosted by major oilfield and pipeline projects that began in 2000.
Chad's economy has long been handicapped by its landlocked position, high energy costs, and a history of instability.
Chad relies on foreign assistance and foreign capital for most public and private sector investment projects.
www.worldessentials.com /economy.asp?country=Chad   (124 words)

  
 Islamic World.Net: Countries
Chad - describes the land and its people, economy, and history and government.
Chad [emulateme.com] - includes outlines and statistics for economy, defense, geography, people, and more.
Chad - report by the United States Energy Information Administration stating the country's potential to become a significant energy producer.
islamic-world.net /countries/chad.htm   (636 words)

  
 Economy Of Chad   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
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 Economy. (from Chad) --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Chad has a developing mixed economy based largely on agriculture.
Economic development of the country has been slow, and as a result, Chad is largely dependent on foreign aid and imports of food, fuel, and other supplies.
Provides a general factsheet and an overview of the economy, environment, oil and natural gas reserves, and electricity.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-1245?tocId=1245   (848 words)

  
 French Colonies - Equatorial Africa
The economy of Chad is based primarily on livestock raising and subsistence agriculture, although the former has periodically been severely damaged by drought in the Sahel region of the north.
Chad has significant petroleum reserves in the Lake Chad area, and plans to exploit these reserves (including construction of a pipeline to Cameroon) are proceeding despite protests from activists who fear the effects on the local population and environment.
Chad was made part of French Equatorial Africa in 1910 and a separate colony within it in 1920.
www.discoverfrance.net /Colonies/Eq_Africa.shtml   (1671 words)

  
 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.
www.country-studies.com /chad/the-economy.html   (166 words)

  
 Profiles of Least Developed Countries
Chad, part of France's African holdings until 1960, endured three decades of ethnic warfare as well as invasions by Libya before a semblance of peace was finally restored in 1990.
The government eventually suppressed or came to terms with most political-military groups, settled a territorial dispute with Libya on terms favorable to Chad, drafted a democratic constitution, and held multiparty presidential elections in 1996 and 1997.
In 1998, a new rebellion broke out in northern Chad, which sporadically flares up despite two peace agreements signed in 2002 and 2003 between the government and the rebels.
www.un.org /special-rep/ohrlls/ldc/LDCs-List/profiles/chad.htm?id=148   (246 words)

  
 Chad Economy - overview - Economy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Over 80% of Chad's population relies on subsistence farming and livestock raising for its livelihood.
Cotton, cattle, and gum arabic provide the bulk of Chad's export earnings; Chad began to export oil in 2004.
This entry briefly describes the type of economy, including the degree of market orientation, the level of economic development, the most important natural resources, and the unique areas of specialization.
www.indexmundi.com /chad/economy_overview.html   (200 words)

  
 Economy of Chad -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Landlocked (A family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa) Chad's economic development suffers from its geographic remoteness, drought, lack of infrastructure, and political turmoil.
In May 2001, the IMF announced that Chad would qualify for the (Click link for more info and facts about Heavily Indebted Poor Countries) Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) debt relief initiative.
The (Click link for more info and facts about Exxon Mobil) Exxon Mobil-led project will pump oil from reserves in Chad through an underground pipeline to coastal Cameroon, where it will be loaded onto tankers.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/ec/economy_of_chad.htm   (1011 words)

  
 Chad   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The Republic of Chad (تشاد) is a country in central Africa that borders Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest and Niger to the west.
The president of Chad is limited to two terms (not counting before the constitution was written) and is elected by universal suffrage for those over 18.
CIA World Factbook page on Chad - much of the information on Chad comes from here.
www.yotor.com /wiki/en/ch/Chad.htm   (792 words)

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