A small percentage of the economic active population is employed in the formal sector. An estimated 80 percent work in subsistence farming and cattle raising. A small number of people are salaried. Many work in informal activities such as street vendors, traders, merchants and day laborers. France, due to its historic ties to Chad, is a major investor.
French investment is estimated to represent over one third of the total Chadian commercial capital.
Ambassade des Etats-Unis d'Amerique Ave. There is no American Chamber of Commerce in Chad. Mr. Khalil Djalal 3. Mr Mahamat Nasser Hassane, Director of Petroleum. There are no Chadian market research firms.