In order to actualize the 30-year National Vision aspirations, the National Planning Authority coordinates the development of six successive 5-year medium-term plans – the National Development Plans (NDPs) to be implemented by the different actors at the national and decentralized levels of administration.

The 5-year National Development Plans outline the macroeconomic growth targets, medium-term specific objectives and strategies, as well as priority public sector development programmes, which are subsequently elaborated in the Programme Implementation Action Plans (PIAPs), the Strategic Plans of the different Ministries Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and the Local Government Development Plans (LGDPs).

The 5-year NDPs also specify key annualized monitorable indicators and targets, through which the respective Plans are to be achieved and the envisaged role of the private sector and civil society. The NDPs are costed, with annualized budgets as well as mid-term projection of the resource envelope under the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF).