Also known as: NDPC
Ghana's National Development Planning Commission leads national development planning, data-driven policymaking, and preparation of the Consolidated National Development Plan.
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… This tendency toward incompleteness brings us, unavoidably, to the National Development Planning Commission. …
RE-IMAGINE GHANA with H. Aku Kwapong, PhD: From advisory commission, the case for blowing up the NDPC to executive platformJoy Online
The Chairman of the National Development Planning Commission, Nii Moi Thompson, has urged Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to establish designated auto zones as part of efforts to restore discipline and order in Ghana’s spatial planning system. …
NDPC chair calls for creation of auto zones to restore spatial planning disciplineJoy Online
… Mr Appiah Lartey also referenced findings from the National Development Planning Commission, showing that manufacturing, construction, and utility sectors have seen declining GDP contributions over the past decade. …
Why Ghana’s economic growth is not creating jobs despite strong rebound — Deloitte partnerJoy Online
The Chairman of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), Dr. Nii Moi Thompson, has called for greater discipline and responsiveness in Ghana’s national development planning process, warning against the proliferation of plans without effective implementation. …
NDPC Chair calls for harmony in national development planningThe Ghanaian Times
The National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) has completed strategic regional engagements with regions and districts to collate their development plans for incorporation into the Consolidated National Development Plan (CNDP) for 2025–2029. …
NDPC moves to finalise National Dev’t PlanTorrential rainfall on Monday inundated large parts of Accra, paralyzing business activity, disrupting transport, forcing some schools to close, and leaving several communities without electricity as floodwaters submerged roads and homes. The Interior Minister urged residents to remain indoors as further rainfall was forecast.
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Torrential rainfall on Monday inundated large parts of Accra, paralyzing business activity, disrupting transport, forcing some schools to close, and leaving several communities without electricity as floodwaters submerged roads and homes. The Interior Minister urged residents to remain indoors as further rainfall was forecast.
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A climate finance expert has called for government to establish a dedicated national fund to address recurring floods, waste management challenges and other climate-related risks, proposing a National Climate Resilience and Climate Economy Infrastructure Facility by June 2027 to mobilise at least US$500million in blended finance for critical climate and environmental infrastructure.
26 June 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
An analysis argues that while Ghana's new Value for Money Office Act addresses overpriced government contracts (estimated to cost USD 3 billion annually), the reform risks failing without a clear institutional process architecture defining when and with what authority each actor operates alongside existing procurement laws.
25 June 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
The Director-General of the National Development Planning Commission has called on Ghanaians to take individual responsibility for addressing sanitation challenges, stressing that sustainable change requires active citizen participation. She noted that all 261 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies have integrated sanitation into their Medium-Term Development Plans for 2026–2029.
25 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana's National Development Planning Commission has held discussions with the Agence Française de Développement on strengthening cooperation in climate governance, public financial management and sustainable development. The NDPC director-general emphasised the Commission's focus on data and development indicators to track national progress and the need for a long-term development agenda that transcends political cycles.
25 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Researchers, government officials, and civil society organisations at an African Cities Research Consortium workshop in Accra called for stronger decentralisation, evidence-based policymaking, and greater collaboration to address challenges facing African cities and improve service delivery and local governance.
15 June 2026 · Joy Online →
The Deputy Minister of Finance says the government will provide tax incentives to companies and investors who establish factories outside Accra as part of a strategy to decentralise industrial development and ensure equitable economic distribution across the country. The initiative aims to address the concentration of industries in the capital, which has contributed to rural–urban migration, congestion, and unequal development.
11 June 2026 · Joy Online →
The government is introducing tax incentives for companies and investors who establish factories outside Accra as part of a strategy to decentralise industrial development and address rural-urban migration and uneven economic distribution across the country.
10 June 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →
The Deputy Minister for Finance has assured Parliament that the government is safeguarding economic achievements since 2025 and implementing deliberate measures to prevent a return to economic challenges experienced between 2022 and 2024, with the Ministry focusing on fiscal discipline and growth-enhancing investments.
9 June 2026 · Joy Online →
A former development planning director says the current floods affecting Accra and surrounding areas need not have happened, and damage would have been less severe if recommendations from a 2017 national development plan had been implemented to prevent or minimize flood impacts.
9 June 2026 · Joy Online →
The National Development Planning Commission and Information Services Department have reaffirmed closer collaboration to support preparation and implementation of Ghana's Consolidated National Development Plan, which aims to harmonise long-term development frameworks into a single national blueprint. The engagement focuses on public communication, citizen engagement and nationwide awareness creation, alongside a complementary "New Values, New Society" agenda.
5 June 2026 · Joy Online →
The Norwegian Ambassador to Ghana paid a courtesy call to the National Development Planning Commission on 1 June 2026, where he engaged with Commission leadership on Ghana's development planning priorities and opportunities for strengthened collaboration on sustainable development initiatives.
5 June 2026 · Joy Online →
The Director-General of the National Development Planning Commission has called for greater reliance on data and evidence in policymaking and public service delivery, arguing that Ghana's development agenda must be guided by credible information. She highlighted data-sharing agreements between the Ghana Statistical Service and 25 Ministries, Departments and Agencies, and warned that public trust could be undermined if data systems exclude vulnerable groups or fail to protect personal information.
5 June 2026 · Joy Online →
The National Development Planning Commission on Friday hosted a farewell courtesy call for UNICEF's outgoing Representative to Ghana, Osama Makkawi Khogali, at the conclusion of his three-year tenure. The NDPC Director-General described UNICEF as one of Ghana's most valued development partners, particularly in advancing the welfare of children and vulnerable populations.
5 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana has restored macroeconomic stability but faces persistent labour-market weakness, with national unemployment at 13.0 percent and youth unemployment at 32.5 percent in Q3 2025. The NDPC Chairman has called for a "3D Growth" framework that assesses economic performance by three coequal dimensions — GDP, jobs, and wages — arguing that growth without jobs and rising incomes is meaningless and unsustainable.
4 June 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
The National Development Planning Commission and National Commission for Civic Education have deepened their partnership to advance Ghana's Consolidated National Development Plan, focusing on civic education, behavioural change, and national values transformation. The NDPC director-general noted the alignment of both institutions' mandates in promoting national transformation and explained the Commission is consolidating various long-term development frameworks into a single national plan.
1 June 2026 · Joy Online →
The National Development Planning Commission and Information Services Department have committed to closer collaboration to support Ghana's Consolidated National Development Plan, focusing on public communication, citizen engagement and nationwide awareness creation.
1 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson announced that Ghana aims to add 3,000 megawatts of new electricity generation capacity by 2030, with at least 30 percent from renewable energy sources, to address supply-demand gaps and support industrialisation. The target builds on plans for a 1,200-megawatt gas-fired power plant, with current installed capacity at approximately 5,200 megawatts.
1 June 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
At a business roundtable in Accra, policymakers and corporate leaders argued that Africa's dependence on extractive industries has generated wealth without sufficient domestic retention, and urged a shift away from GDP-led assessments toward frameworks centred on sovereignty, domestic value retention, and regional industrial integration.
1 June 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
The Director-General of the National Development Planning Commission called for stronger coordination, sustainable financing, and institutional accountability to advance Ghana's human capital development agenda, describing it as essential infrastructure for national transformation.
20 May 2026 · Joy Online →
The National Development Planning Commission is conducting stakeholder engagement on its draft 2025 National Annual Progress Report, the final assessment under Ghana's 2022–2025 Medium-Term National Development Policy Framework. Officials described the report as a critical accountability tool for tracking development progress and monitoring commitments across national, regional, continental and global frameworks.
20 May 2026 · Joy Online →
The National Development Planning Commission has opened a three-day validation meeting on the draft 2025 National Annual Progress Report, bringing together representatives from Ministries, Departments and Agencies, Regional Coordinating Councils, Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies, development partners and students to review progress under Ghana's 2022–2025 Medium-Term National Development Policy Framework.
19 May 2026 · Joy Online →
The National Development Planning Commission hosted a delegation from the University of West Florida's Department of Earth and Environment Sciences for a knowledge-sharing engagement on national development planning, governance, and sustainable development. The Commission outlined its role as the central coordinating body responsible for advising the President on development planning and coordinating national development policies.
19 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Dr Dennis Nsafoah, an assistant professor of economics at Niagara University, argues that the Bank of Ghana's mandate should remain price stability alone, saying monetary policy tools are more effective at controlling inflation than at generating employment growth. He cautions against expanding the central bank's mandate to include formal employment targets similar to the US Federal Reserve, contending that fiscal policy, industrial policy, and education reform are better suited to job creation.
17 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana's NDPC Director-General told the International Migration Review Forum that remittance inflows reached approximately US$7.8 billion in 2025, accounting for nearly six per cent of GDP, and said Ghana is integrating migration-related issues into its national development planning framework in line with the UN Global Compact for Migration.
15 May 2026 · Joy Online →
The National Development Planning Commission and the United Nations Capital Development Fund have reaffirmed their commitment to promoting climate resilience and sustainable local development through the LoCAL programme in Ghana, which has been operational since 2015. The programme supports communities' capacity to withstand climate change impacts by empowering local assemblies through Performance-Based Climate Resilience Grants.
15 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Dr. Victor Abbey, a Strategic Thinking and Leadership Expert, has called for the National Development Planning Commission to be elevated into a full authority with stronger legal backing to drive Ghana's long-term national development agenda beyond partisan political interests. Abbey argued that Ghana's development efforts have suffered because successive governments subordinated national planning to short-term political and electoral considerations.
15 May 2026 · Joy Online →
The National Development Planning Commission and Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs have reaffirmed commitment to the second phase of the Ghana Urban Mobility and Accessibility Project, focusing on sustainable transport planning across metropolitan and municipal assemblies. The NDPC Director-General stressed the importance of practical planning tools, stakeholder coordination, and rebuilding transport departments within local assemblies to support implementation.
15 May 2026 · Joy Online →
A US-based Ghanaian economist says Ghana's labour market faces deep structural challenges, citing a lack of reliable employment data as a key obstacle for policymakers. He commends the National Development Planning Commission's "jobs-first" policy approach, saying the national conversation about employment is timely and necessary.
14 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana's 2025 Bill replaces the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre with the Ghana Investment Promotion Authority, expanding its mandate to cover outward investment and AfCFTA obligations while introducing a reciprocal obligations framework for investors alongside existing guarantees.
4 May 2026 · Business & Financial Times →