Chad Human Capital Review - Putting people at the heart of development - An approach based on Resilience and Multi-Sectoral Coordination - June 2024

Jul 19, 2026

Chad Human Capital Review analyzes the country’s human capital performance and explains how macroeconomic conditions, sector interactions, and the Covid-19 pandemic shape key outcomes. It identifies major constraints including demographic pressure, inefficient spending, weak infrastructures and service delivery, shortages of quality and quantity human resources, and governance weaknesses. The review outlines an enabling environment through actors and policies, then proposes policy and strategy options for early childhood, school age, and adolescence to adulthood.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

FormatPDF

Pages65

Reading Time2 h 44 min

Overview

Key Messages

Contextual Aspects

Macroeconomic context

Chad Human Capital Index

Breaking Down Chad’s Human Capital Performance

Main human capital outcomes

Influence of other sectors on human capital outcomes

Covid-19 pandemic and human capital

Main Constraints for Human Capital Development

Demographic pressure and human capital formation

Weak and inefficient spending

Weak infrastructures and services delivery

Lack of human resources

Weak management and governance of HC sectors

Main demand constraints

Cross-cutting constraints

Enabling Environment for Human Capital Accumulation

Human capital actors

Policies and strategies

Policy and Strategy Options for Improving Human Capital

Priority options for early childhood (0-5 years)

Interventions for school-age children (6-18)

Interventions from adolescence to adulthood (15-60 years)

Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized CHAD HUMAN CAPITAL REVIEW Putting people at the heart of development: An approach based on Resilience and Multi-Sectoral Coordination June 2024 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS............................................................................................................................... i ACKNOWLEGMENT ................................................................................................................................. ii ACRONYMS ...............................................................................................................................................iii OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................................. v KEY MESSAGES .....................................................................................................................................viii 1. CONTEXTUAL ASPECTS.................................................................................................................. 1 A. Macroeconomic context .................................................................................................................... 1 B. Chad Human Capital Index............................................................................................................... 3 2. BREAKING DOWN CHAD’S HUMAN CAPITAL PERFORMANCE ............................................ 9 A. Main human capital outcomes .......................................................................................................... 9 B. Influence of other sectors on human capital outcomes ................................................................... 19 C. Covid-19 pandemic and human capital........................................................................................... 21 3. MAIN CONSTRAINTS FOR HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT ............................................24 A. Demographic pressure and human capital formation...................................................................... 24 B. Weak and inefficient spending........................................................................................................ 25 C. Weak infrastructures and services delivery..................................................................................... 27 D. Lack of human resources (quality and quantity) ............................................................................. 29 E. Weak management and governance of HC sectors......................................................................... 30 F. Main demand constraints ................................................................................................................ 32 G. Cross-cutting constraints................................................................................................................. 34 4. ENABLING ENVIRONMENT FOR HUMAN CAPITAL ACCUMULATION ..............................41 A. Human capital actors....................................................................................................................... 41 B. Policies and strategies ..................................................................................................................... 43 5. POLICY AND STRATEGY OPTIONS FOR IMPROVING HUMAN CAPITAL...........................46 A. Priority options for early childhood (0-5 years) .............................................................................. 47 B. Interventions for school-age children (6-18)................................................................................... 48 C. Interventions from adolescence to adulthood (15-60 years) ........................................................... 49 ACKNOWLEGMENT This comprehensive and insightful report provides a deep understanding of the current state of human capital in Chad an

FAQs

What approach guides the Chad Human Capital Review?

The review presents an approach grounded in resilience and multi-sectoral coordination, focusing on placing people at the heart of development.

Which factors are examined to explain Chad’s human capital outcomes?

It considers macroeconomic context, the Chad Human Capital Index, influence from other sectors, and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

What are the main constraints to human capital development identified in the report?

Key constraints include demographic pressure, weak and inefficient spending, inadequate infrastructures and service delivery, lack of qualified human resources, and weak management and governance across human capital sectors.

Jul 19, 2026

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