This report is the result of extensive analytical work on social protection in Chad. During2014 and 2015, the World Bank’s Social Protection and Labor (SPL) Global Practice undertookextensive analytical work in Chad to assess the country’s poverty and vulnerability profile, and thecharacteristics of its social safety nets system. This report, Republic of Chad – Shaping Adaptive SafetyNets to Address Vulnerability, is the result of such work and was prepared in the context of the renewedrelationship between the Government of Chad and the World Bank. Such partnership includes the reengagementof the World Bank on the SPL agenda, and programming of World Bank support to Chadas part of the Systematic Country Diagnostic and the Country Partnership Framework.