Our mission is to advise the President of the Republic of Ghana on development planning policy and strategy by providing a national development policy framework

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There are three main special projects under the NDPC. These are the Wealth Creation and Social Development Programme (WCSDP), the Community Based Poverty Reduction Projects (CPRP) and the Social Investment Fund (SIF).

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Act of Parliament

NDPC is provided for in the Fourth Republic (1992)Constitution of the Republic of Ghana as part of the Executive.  Article 86 of the Constitution prescribes the composition of the Commission whilst Article 87 delineates the Commission's functions.  The principal function of NDPC is to "advise the President on development planning policy and strategy".

The Legal framework relating to NDPC are further elaborated in the :

(i) The National Development Planning Commission Act, 1994 (Act 479), which formally establishes the NDPC under the Office of the President, and

(ii) The National Development Planning (Systems) Act, 1994 (Act 480), which makes the NDPC, the national coordinating body of the newly-established Decentralised Development Planning System in Ghana.

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