The World Bank (WB), through the International Development Association (IDA) has announced its support, to the tune of 538 million dollars, for the Cameroon-Chad transport corridor project. The axis currently concentrates 35% of the gross domestic product (GDP) of the two countries.

The financing combines investments in rail and road infrastructure, with trade facilitation interventions to improve the movement of people, goods and services along the multimodal corridor linking Cameroon's economic metropolis, Douala to the capital Chadian, N'Djamena.

The project will also support the rehabilitation and modernization of critical road and rail networks, including a 595 kilometer road in Chad as well as the improvement of signaling systems, maintenance and upgrading of the network to make it more resistant to climate change.