The Ministry of National Development Planning is broadly responsible for the following functions:

• Coordinating the setting of the national vision, goals and development priorities and engender consensus among various stakeholders;
•  Facilitating the preparation of long and medium term national development plans in order to promote economic diversification and rapid socio-economic growth and development;
•  Monitoring and Evaluating the implementation of national development plans, programmes and projects in order to ensure timely implementation, value for money and attainment of set objectives;
•  Coordinating the production and dissemination of quality official statistics for timely policy intervention, planning, decision making and research;
•  Coordinating project identification, design and appraisal of public investments to facilitate attainment of set objectives;
•  Coordinating the production and dissemination of quality official statistics for timely policy intervention, planning, decision making and research;
•  Coordinating project identification, design and appraisal of public investments to facilitate attainment of development