AFD Group activity in Chad
AFD Group has been operating in Chad since the country’s independence (1960). Projects are supervised by the N’Djamena agency.
Volume of activities
AFD commitments from 2002 to 2007 stood at €79.6M, including 10% for structural adjustment on behalf of the State in 2003 and 73% for project aid. The relevant economic sectors included water and sanitation, which accounted for over half the financing (42%), the social sectors of education and health (27%), agriculture and food security (18%), infrastructure and urban development (11%).
Disbursements during the same period stood at €82.4M. In 2007 disbursements (€10.8M) were made in the water and sanitation sector, which accounted for over half of the total amount (66%), agriculture and food security made up a fifth (21%) and disbursements were also made for health and the fight against AIDS (7%).
Intervention sectors
AFD has traditionally operated in Chad’s cotton sector (€100M between 1986 and 1997), telecommunications (€23M for the same period), the Chad water and electricity company (STEE, €36M before its privatization began in 1999) and sugar via SONASUT, the national sugar company.
Outlook
As a result of the concentration sectors defined for the period 2006-2010 AFD will be operating in the following sectors:
- water and sanitation (pastoral hydraulics, village water, urban water and sanitation),
- education
- and health.
