Boko scraps NDP

Tuesday, July 01, 2025 | 400 Views |

Government has announced that it is scrapping the orthodox national planning blueprint, the National Development Plan (NDP), and replacing it with a new economic planning framework dubbed the National Transformation Programme (NTP).

The rationale behind the move, according to government, is to abandon broad-based planning in favour of target-driven national development.

President Duma Boko made the announcement at a high-level meeting of state-owned enterprise heads held this week in Gaborone. He revealed that government has instituted an “expert-led process” to design the NTP, which is intended to chart a clear, results-oriented path for Botswana’s economic future.

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