Urban issues paper: urban priorities for the industrialization and economic diversification of Chad

Abstract

Axis III of the Chad national development plan (République du Tchad, 2017b) concerns the development of a diversified and competitive economy. The focus of the present urban strategy is to examine and strengthen the role of cities in fostering the economic diversification and competitiveness of Chad (axis III of the national development plan) and the country’s Industrial Development and Economic Diversification Master Plan. It draws on a conceptual framework based on previous work carried out by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), which links urbanization and industrialization through four themes: economic sector targeting, the national spatial system, productive cities and finance and coordination for policy implementation.