The National Development Planning Commission  is a Ghanaian state agency committed to eradicating poverty and reducing inequalities in deprived areas and rural communities.

[3] In view of Ghana's attempt to improve decentralization in the 1980s, the government employed the services of a Hungarian team of consultants (TESCO), sponsored by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

[3] The team also prepared an operating manual and a draft, National Development Planning Law, which was going to be the commission's legal basis.

[3] Following the creation of the National Development Planning Law, the drafted legal document was revised a number of times until 1989 when it was accepted.

[3] The establishment of the committee was formalised by article 87, which described and explained the functions of the commission, including its mandate to "advise the president on development planning policy and strategy".

The commission is mandated to make provisions for coordinated program of Economic and Social Development policies, which the President of Ghana under the constitution is required to submit to parliament within two years.

[5] To promote sustainable and stable development to eliminate poverty, reduce inequalities in deprived areas and improve people's quality of life.