01586cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF005648 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451836493 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Chad : Selected Issues. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2009. 1 online resource (44 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper analyzes competitiveness in Chad since the advent of the oil era in the 2000s. Oil has since positioned itself as the key sector of a traditional economy that previously depended on agriculture and some light manufacturing. Dominated by developments in the oil sector, Chad's balance of payments is vulnerable to the indirect effects of the sector's volatility. The country's ample reserves are insulated from oil sector shocks to the extent that oil-sector-related flows for trade in goods and service, factor income, and capital automatically offset each other. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2009/067 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2009/067/002.2009.issue-067-en.xml IMF e-Library