Directorate of Planning
Mission Statement
Our mission is to promote sustainable socio-economic development and the welfare of Gambians through the development and implementation of policies that support macroeconomic stability and effective public financial management.
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Core Mandate
Promote sustainable economic growth, equity, social harmony, and balanced development through effective coordination of the formulation and implementation of National Development Plans.
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Objectives
To promote sustainable economic growth and balanced development through effective national development planning
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Key Achievements
- Establishment of a Planning Cadre and Planning Units in various Ministries
- Development of a draft National Development Planning Policy (Awaiting Validation and Cabinet Approval)
- First ever district level consultations in the formulation of the NDP (2018-2021)
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Policies and Strategic Plans / Documents
- PAGE Mid-Term Evaluation Report
- MDG Terminal Report
- NDP 2018-2021 (Validated but pending launching)
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Covid-19 impacts on household well being monitoring from 21 August - 9 September 2020
Results of this note use data from the High Frequency Survey on the COVID 19 Impacts on Households, a collaboration between the World Bank, the Gambia Bureau of Statistics GBoS and the State and Peace building Fund ( A sub sample of 1437 households of the Labor Force Survey ( were interviewed by phone between August 21 and September 9 The results are representative at the national level and at strata level(Banjul and Kanifing agglomeration, other urban areas, rural areas).
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Covid-19 impacts on household well being monitoring from 28 October - 14 November 2020Results of this note use data from the wave 2 of the High Frequency Survey on the COVID 19 Impacts on Households A sub sample of 1385 households of the Labor Force Survey ( were interviewed by phone between October 28 and November 14 2020 These same households have already been interviewed during the wave 1 whose sample consisted of 1437 households The results are representative at the national level and at strata level (Banjul and Kanifing agglomeration, other urban areas, rural areas).
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Gambia Integrated Household Survey (summary findings on welfare)- Filesize: 2.71 MB
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Voluntary National Review- Filesize: 10.41 MB
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