Happiness and Development — Public Policy Initiatives in the Kingdom of Bhutan

Vijay Kumar Shrotryia

Chapter 9 in Happiness and Public Policy, 2006, pp 193-208 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The primary focus of national planning in a country surrounds the fulfillment of bigger or smaller needs for its citizens. Ideally, the policies undertaken will improve the well-being of the people. The primary focus, if shifted to economic development, can lead to a situation where the well-being of people takes a backseat while capital investment and infrastructural development merely spearhead economic growth with little concern for welfare.

Keywords: Gross Domestic Product; United Nations Development Programme; Planning Commission; National Health Survey; National Happiness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230288027_9

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