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Outcomes, Key Results, and Key Stakeholders of the Eight Strategic Priorities of the NDP (2018-2021)

Strategic Priority 1:

Restoring good governance, respect for human rights, the rule of law, and empowering citizens through decentralization and local governance

  • Enhanced good governance and freedom of expression
  • Improved access to quality justice service (including the Ombudsman and ADRS), without undue delay by an independent and efficient Judiciary, Ombudsman and ADRS
  • Human Rights and Democratic Institutions and mechanisms established and strengthened
  • A reformed security sector and establishment of civilian and democratic oversight mechanism guaranteed for non-recurrence of serious human rights violations by the security forces
  • Effective and harmonized policies and regulatory frameworks for enhanced coordination of the decentralization programme
  • Strengthened human and institutional capacities at all levels for decentralization
  • Expanded revenue base of Councils supported by standardized financial management and accounting systems
  • A revised Constitution by 2021
  • An amended Criminal Code and Public Order Act by 2021
  • An amended Information and Communications Act, Children’s Act, Women’s Act, District Tribunal Act, and Elections Act by 2021
  • Fully functional Human Rights and Anti- Corruption Commissions in conformity with International standards by 2021
  • Full compliance with reporting obligations under ratified Human Rights Treaties  A Truth, Reconciliation, and Reparations Commission by 2021
  • An amended Ombudsman Act by 2021
  • Fully functional Ombudsman, NALA and ADRS offices in all the Administrative Regions by 2021
  • Fully functional Courts and Tribunals in all the Administrative Regions by 2021
  • Indigenized judiciary and State Law Office by 2021
  • Availability security sector assessment report
  • Availability of an inclusive national security strategy
  • 7 regions reached with sensitization messages of the SSR
  • The existence of a comprehensive communication plan
  • 100 percent of strategic level personnel trained in management and decision making
  • Increased number of professional staff in total Council/LGA staff from 8 to 52
  • Increase in the number of functional decentralized structures including VDCs, WDCs, SWDCs with implemented action plans from 0% to 100%
  • Increased proportion of LGAs/Councils with independent control of their fiscal operations from 0% to 100%
  • Increased existence of a financial management systems at all LGAs from2 to 7
  • A unified financial management systems in existence at all LGA’s and Governors offices
  • Existence of regional strategic plans in all regions.

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Strategic Priority 2:

Stabilizing our economy, stimulating growth, and transforming the economy

  • Prudent fiscal management for debt sustainability and enhanced resource alignment
  • Transparent and accountable public financial management
  • Sound monetary policies in place for price and exchange rate stability
  • Well-governed and financially viable SoEs for enhanced macro-economic stability and service delivery
  • Enhanced, independent and autonomous economic governance institutions for effective macroeconomic management and stability
  • Reduce overall deficit as % of GDP from 9.8 % to 3.0 %
  • Increase tax revenue by source as % of GDP from 18.05 % (Tax) to 23.6% With respect to the Country’s debt burden, the key results for the plan period are:
    • Reduce net domestic borrowing as % of GDP from 11.4% to 1%
    • Reduce total public debt stock as % of GDP from 120.3% to 87.1%
    • Reduce domestic debt stock as % of GDP from 67.9% to 45.1%
  • Establish a budget variance (aggregate outturns compared to original approved budget) from 40.95to 0 – (+-3%)
  • Reduce procurement violations as % of total procurement from 33.7 to <=5(Procurement)
  • Improve competitive procurement methods (grade) from grade D (2014) to grade B (20??)
  • Reduce price stability measured by CPI from 7.1% to <=5% An updated SOE/PE Act
  • Availability of fiscal risk assessment reports
  • Availability of yearly financial statements for all 13 SoEs
  • Existence of a CBG revised Act and policy

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Strategic Priority 3:

Modernizing our agriculture and fisheries for sustained economic growth, food and nutritional security and poverty reduction

  • Consolidated agriculture sector policy with appropriate sub-sector policies to create an enabling environment for modern, market-led agriculture in place
  • Value chains enhanced for Agriculture and Livestock Transformation
  • Increased production of basic agricultural commodities (crops and livestock) for enhanced food and nutrition security
  • Enhanced institutional efficiency and effectiveness for the fisheries sector
  • Value chains improved for fisheries and aquaculture transformation
  • Reduce % of post-harvest losses in major crops (cereal) from 30% to 20%
  • Increase production of basic agricultural commodities for enhanced food and nutrition security as follows:
    • Increase maize production from 38 (000’ Mt) to 43 (000’ Mt)
    • Increase Groundnut production from 89 (000’ Mt) to 100 (000’ Mt)
    • Increase rice production from 69 (000’ Mt) to 122 (000’ Mt)
    • Increase onion production from 6 (000’ Mt) to 19 (000’ Mt)
    • Increase tomato production from 4 (000’ Mt) to 15 (000’ Mt)
  • Increase livestock production for food self-sufficiency in animal and animal products- Volume of total production by commodity (000’ Mt)
    • Increase Cattle production from 4931 (56%)(000’ Mt) to 5670 (000’ Mt)
    • Increase sheep production from 449 (5%) (000’ Mt) to 750 (000’ Mt)
    • Increase goat production from 988 (11%) (000’ Mt) to 1600 (000’ Mt)
    • Increase pig’s production from 1166 (13%) (000’ Mt) to 1400 (000’ Mt)
    • Increase poultry (Local from 720(8%) to 1200; Broiler from 562(6%) to 1150)
  • Increase off-take rate by animal species as follows:
    • Cattle from 11.9 to 15.9
    • Sheep from 22.3 to 29.8
    • Goat from 25.1 to 33.5
    • Pigs from 50 to 66.8
    • Poultry (Local from 40 to53.4; Broiler from 100 to 100)
  • Increase average cattle milk production per/annum from 25,882,650 to 28,470,915 (litres)
  • Increase quantity of eggs produced per/annum from 675 to1, 148 (000’Mt)

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Strategic Priority 4:

Investing in our people through improved education and health services, and building a caring society

  • Enhanced access to quality and affordable early childhood education nationwide
  • Improved access and quality learning and relevant life and livelihood skills for all graduates, with special emphasis on STEM, Health, and Agriculture
  • Quality learning and relevant life and livelihoods skills (post-secondary – i.e. post-secondary non-tertiary, post-secondary tertiary and the post-secondary higher)
  • Improved access to non-formal education and literacy programmes for out-of-school children, youth, and non-lettered adults
  • Strengthened Quality Health Service Delivery for Reduction of Maternal, New-born, Infant, Child and Adolescent Morbidity and Mortality and improvement of Adolescent and Youth Health
  • Reduced burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases and enhanced capacity to respond to public health emergencies
  • Improved, equitable access to safe and affordable water and sanitation, good hygiene practices, and environmental protection promoted for all
  • Improved nutritional well-being of all Gambians, particularly mothers and children
  • The poor and most vulnerable benefit from social safety nets and social security as an integral part of a sustainable, affordable, and effective social and child protection systems
  • Enhance inclusiveness and participation of persons with disabilities in the National Development Agenda
  • Increase the proportion of ECD permanent structures meeting the minimum standards from 57.5% (2017) to 62.5%
  • Increase ECD gross enrolment Rate for Boys from 45.2% to 50.2% and for girls from 47.9% to 52,9%
  • Increase % of trained ECD teachers (public) from 73% to 85%
  • Increase % of pupils in grade 1 with ECD experience from 62% to 75%
  • Increase gross enrolment rate at the LBS level from 108.6% to 117% (national), from 105.4% to 114% (Boys) and from 111.8% to 116% (Girls)
  • Increase gross enrolment rate at the UBS level from 67.4% to 84% (National); from 65.0% to 73% (Boys); from 69.7% to 76% (Girls);
  • Increase gross enrolment rate at the SSS level from 45.9% to 46% (National); from 44.5% to 46% (Boys); and from 46% to 47.1% (Girls)
  • Increase completion rate at the LBS level from 78.7% to 97% (National); from 77.4% to 95% (Boys); from 80.0% to 97% (Girls)
  • Increase completion rate at the UBS level from 58.9% to 79% (National); from 57.5% to 65% (Boys) and from 60.2% to 68% (Girls)
  • Increase completion rate at the SSS level from 37.7% to 41% (National); from 37.7% to 41% (Boys); and from 37.7% to 41 % (Girl)
  • Increase NAT competency rate at NAT 3 level by gender from 54% (2016) to 59% (English); from 45.8% (2016) to 50% Mathematics
  • Increase NAT competency rate at NAT 5 level by gender from 55.4% (2016) to 60% (English); from 49.7% (2016) to 54% (Mathematics); from 48.9% (2016) to 53% (Science)
  • Increase NAT competency rate at NAT 8 level by gender from 50.3% (2016) to 55% (English); from 38.9% (2016) to 43% Mathematics; and from 41.7% (2016) to 46% (Science)
  • Increase GABECE pass rate by gender from 19% (2016) to 24% (National)
  • Increase Percentage of GABECE students with 4 credits including Mathematics and English from 5% to 7%
  • Increase Percentage WASSCE students with 5 credits including English and Mathematics from 4 % to 6% (National) and disaggregated by gender
  • Increase gross enrolment rates in post-secondary (19-25-year olds) from 9.7% to 11%
  • Increase percentage of graduate as proportion of total gross enrolment by post-secondary levels at the Higher Education level from 14% to 30% (national).
  • Increase percentage of graduate as proportion of total gross enrolment by post-secondary levels at the Tertiary level from 43.4% to 50% (national)
  • Decrease percentage of graduate as proportion of total gross enrolment by post-secondary levels at the Non-Tertiary level from 42.7% to 20% (national).
  • Decrease percentage of graduate as proportion of total enrolment by post-secondary levels at the Non-Tertiary level from 42.7% to 20%
  • Increase the number of Masters and PhDs graduated in STEM, aggregated by gender from 0% to 140 (Masters) and from 0% to 32% (PhD)
  • Increase the number of Masters and PhDs graduated in Agriculture, aggregated by gender from 0% to 50 (Masters) and from 0% to 10% (PhD)
  • Increase the number of Masters and PhDs graduated in Health, aggregated by gender from 0% to 40 (Masters) and from 0% to 10% (PhD)
  • Increase percentages of accredited post secondary institutions from 0% to 100%
  • Adult literacy rates by gender: National (55.1%); Males (65.9%); and females (45%)
  • Reduce MMR from 433/100000 in 2013 to 315/100000 in 2021
  • Reduce U5MR from 54/1000 in 2013 to 44/1000in 2021
  • Reduce NMR from 22/1000 in 2013 to 15/1000in 2021
  • Increase skilled attendance at birth from 57% in 2013 to 80% in 2021
  • Increase contraceptive prevalence rate from 9% in 2013 to 25% by 2021
  • Existence of a Health Governance Framework and Robust Coordination and partnership mechanism
  • Reduce the prevalence of diabetes and hypertension from 2.4% to 2% and 24% to 20% by 2021respectively
  • Percentage of adult and children with HIV known to be on treatment 12 months after initiation of antiretroviral therapy increased from 78.8% in 2017 to 95% in 2021
  • Reduce mother to child transmission of HIV at six weeks from 10% to less than 5% by 2021
  • Increase the coverage of anti-retroviral therapy from 21% to 90% by 2021
  • Reduce the prevalence of TB by 2% annually from 118/100000 to 108/100000 by 2021.
  • Reduce Malaria morbidity from 157/1000 pop. to 94/1000 and mortality from 15/100000 to 9/100000 by 2021
  • Reduce the prevalence of viral hepatitis from 10% to 5% by 2021
  • Increase the proportion of the population with access to safe drinking water from 89.6% to 100%
  • Increase proportion of the population with access to improved sanitation facilities from 64.9% to 75%
  • Increase the proportions of households with a place for hand washing with soap and water from 30.3% to 60% (Urban) and from 26% to 50% (Rural)
  • Decrease prevalence of underweight among children under 5 from 16% to 8.5%by 2021
  • Decrease prevalence of stunting among children under 5 from 22.9% to 12.5%by 2021
  • Decrease prevalence of GAM among children under 5 from 10.3% to 5.0% by 2021
  • Increase prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding rate for six months from 48% to 60% by 2021
  • Decrease the proportion of pregnant women with anaemia from 67.9% to 40%
  • Decrease prevalence of underweight in non-pregnant women from 16.7% to 10%
  • Decrease the proportion of the population who are food insecure from 37.2% to 20%
  • Increase proportion of children whose births are registered under one year from 35.3% (MICS 2010) to 50%
  • Increase proportion of children under 5 whose births are registered from 72% (DHS 2013) to 90%
  • Increase proportion of beneficiaries under the safety nets programme from 25% to 80%
  • Existence of a social health insurance scheme
  • Increase the proportion of social welfare officers per capita from 3/30,000 to 5/20,000
  • Existence of child labour policy
  • Existence of child protection coordination mechanism
  • Reduce rates of early child marriage from 46 to 36%
  • Increase number of representatives for persons with disabilities in the national assembly from 1 to 3 by 2021
  • Increase number of special schools for persons with disabilities from 3 to 4 (urban) and 1 to 3 (rural);
  • A revolving fund for persons with disabilities established
  • Increase the number of rehabilitation services facilities from 1 to 3 by 2021

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Strategic Priority 5:

Building our infrastructure and restoring energy services to power our economy (Energy, Transport and Public Works)

  • Improved policy and regulatory frameworks for sustainable energy and infrastructure
  • Improved access to electricity and enhanced household energy security for sustainable economic development
  • Petroleum resources and products developed for sustainable national development
  • Enhanced land, river, sea and air transport for affordability, accessibility, and competitiveness
  • Improved management and provision of public works infrastructure for enhanced socio-economic development
  • Availability of national energy and petroleum policy
  • Existences of revised tariffs
  • Increase the number of regulations for downstream operations from 3 to 7
  • Increase % of population with access to electricity from 40% to 60%
  • Increase electricity installed capacity in MW from 102 to 250
  • Reduce % of electricity losses from 25% to 17%
  • Increase share of renewable energy in total electricity generation from 2% to 40%
  • Increase % of the primary road network in good condition (paved) from 80% to 100%
  • Increase operational capacity of air transport facilities in BIA from 326,757 to 500,000 persons
  • 250 km reconstructed urban roads in the Greater Banjul Area
  • 514 kms of Rural feeder roads built
  • Existence of a dual carriageway from sting corner to Airport junction
  • Existence of a bypass from Sting corner to Abuko
  • Increase the number of new roads constructed from 0 to 3
  • Increase the number of new bridges constructed from 0 to 2
  • Expansion of Banjul port
  • Existence of a “dry port” in Basse
  • Revitalized river transport system
  • Existence of an updated National Transport Policy
  • Existence of a national public buildings and facilities policy

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Strategic Priority 6:

Promoting an inclusive and culture-centered tourism for sustainable growth

  • Enhanced contribution of Tourism for Economic Growth and Employment Opportunities
  • Cultural Assets Integrated into the Tourism Industry and Promoted
  • Increase the number of Tourist arrivals by source markets from 161,127 to 350,000
  • Increase direct employment for Gambians from 35,000 to 70,000
  • Increase foreign exchange earnings from $85 million to $170 million
  • Increase the amount of funds allocated to the promotion of culture from D4.2million to D10million
  • Increase the number of upgraded cultural heritage sites from 1 to 3
  • Existence of a multi-purpose cultural centre

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Strategic Priority 7:

Reaping the demographic dividend through an empowered youth

  • Gainful employment opportunities created and entrepreneurial skills developed for Gambian youth
  • Physical, mental, social wellbeing, sexual and reproductive health and rights is improved for young people, including persons with disability in the Gambia
  • Harmonized rights-based policies and improved coordination of programmes and interventions related to youth and sports
  • Sports promoted and competencies developed for effective participation in national and international competitions for sporting excellence and glory
  • Availability of revised National Youth policy and Act Existence of an inclusive entrepreneurship programme
  • Reduced youth unemployment (15-35yrs) from 35.3% to 25%
  • Existence of a youth development fund
  • Existence of regulatory standards for Youth organizations and facilities
  • Increased youths accessing reproductive health services to 50%
  • Availability of a revised national sports policy and act Existence of regulatory standard for sports organizations and facilities
  • Increased numbers of sports academies established from 0 to 2
  • Increased number of youth friendly centres from 3 to 7
  • Existence of a multi-purpose indoor sports facility

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Strategic Priority 8:

Making the private sector the engine of growth, transformation, and job creation.

  • Upgraded policies, laws, and regulations, for efficient functioning of the labour market
  • Promoted and facilitated trade, investment, and private sector development
  • MSME and industrial growth enhanced
  • Enhanced skills for employment and employability
  • National quality infrastructure improved
  • Availability of revised National Youth policy and Act Existence of an inclusive entrepreneurship programme
  • Reduced youth unemployment (15-35yrs) from 35.3% to 25%
  • Existence of a youth development fund
  • Existence of regulatory standards for Youth organizations and facilities
  • Increased youths accessing reproductive health services to 50%
  • Availability of a revised national sports policy and act Existence of regulatory standard for sports organizations and facilities
  • Increased numbers of sports academies established from 0 to 2
  • Increased number of youth friendly centres from 3 to 7
  • Existence of a multi-purpose indoor sports facility

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