The Department of Sectoral and Regional Planning is composed of two Bureaux, supervised by two Assistant Ministers.

The Department of Sectoral and Regional Planning is responsible for planning, organizing, directing, and coordinating the compilation and analysis of data on demographic, economic, legal, political, cultural, sociological, physical and other factors affecting regional and County Units. The Deputy Minister for the Department of Sectoral and Regional Planning, “….proposes sectoral and regional policies, directs the formulation of plans, programmes and projects based on approved policies; directs the provision of advice to line ministries and local administration on the preparation of sectoral and regional plans”.

The Bureau of sectoral Planning interacts with line ministries of Government, specifically providing guidance to the line ministries in the “preparation of sector plans in accordance with government priorities ranks and directs the consolidation of selected sector projects into national plan.”

The Sectoral Planning Bureau is composed of the following divisions:

• Social Services Sector Planning Division;
• Infrastructure Planning Division;
• Productive Sector Planning Division;
• State- Owned Enterprise Planning Division.

The Bureau of Regional Planning plays a critical role in the area of national reconstruction and development. The Bureau ensures that there is balanced, equitable development in Liberia that all regions in Liberia benefit from development projects. “ The Assistant Minister for Regional Planning Bureau spurs reconstruction and development at the regional level and provides assistance to local governments, including cities, counties, municipalities and districts with issues related to comprehensive planning, zoning and sub division regulations, land use planning, hazard mitigation programmes, environmental planning, community development, etc.”

The Regional Planning Bureau directs the following Divisions:

• Western Region Division;
• Central Region Division;
• Eastern Region Division

The Ministry of Planning’s operational manual outlines the hierarchical arrangement of the department as well as the various sectors of the Liberian economy including the marine resources (fishery), the extractive industry (mining, forestry and oil), social services sector (health & social welfare, education, water and sanitation etc), productive sector, infrastructure sector, state-owned enterprise sector, environment, rural and urban sectors. The Department deals also with thematic and cross-cutting issues of HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Gender and Development (Gender based violence, sexual exploitation and abuse, female genital mutilation, rape etc).