A Study of a cross-border economy

02/11/2026

This study, with its regional remit, aims in general to update the current state of knowledge of the needs of stakeholders and residents of the Lake Chad Basin, and of the constraints on cross-border trade, along with the sectors likely to yield positive results in the future. It aims also to compile an account of the forms of cooperation and coordination likely to facilitate cross-border exchanges between the RESILAC programme countries (Cameroon, Nigeria and Chad). In more specific terms, it analyses economic governance structures; and it brings up to date knowledge and information about economic sectors and value chains while underscoring existing and potential sources of conflict, as well as the constraints and difficulties encountered by economic actors in their cross-border activities, and the influence these may have on local economic resilience.