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- initialism
gross national happiness
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Developed in the 1980s by Bhutan's fourth king, Gross National Happiness, or GNH, is a Bhutanese twist on Gross Domestic Product.
Archive 2008-03-01 2008
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Measuring Well-Being Some critics have said the idea of GNH obscures the fact that Bhutan remains a poor country with unimpressive infrastructure.
Smile Census: 2008
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The tertiary education policy (TEP), which was launched yesterday by the prime minister, will now open new doors for students, both Bhutanese and international to pursue higher education in areas, such as GNH studies, IT, environment, Buddhist studies, cultural studies and traditional medicine.
Kuensel Newspaper 2010
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Well! I say this - it has become incredibly difficult to have a meaningful debate about anything without someone dragging the term "GNH" into it … I am tired of this cliché.
Global Voices Online Sonam Ongmo 2009
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As countries were measured for GNH, startling results began to appear.
Marc Stoiber: Could Well-Being Become Our New Currency? Marc Stoiber 2011
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Although somewhat fickle to measure, the idea captured the imagination of academics who created a GNH screen.
Marc Stoiber: Could Well-Being Become Our New Currency? Marc Stoiber 2011
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The GNH measure also takes into account the GDP measure but also looks at governance standards, culture and the environment.
UN Calls for Investment in Protections for Asia’s Poorest 2011
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As countries were measured for GNH, startling results began to appear.
Marc Stoiber: Could Well-Being Become Our New Currency? Marc Stoiber 2011
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The GNH measure also takes into account the GDP measure but also looks at governance standards, culture and the environment.
UN Calls for Investment in Protections for Asia’s Poorest 2011
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After all, Gross National Happiness (GNH) is the royal metric by which quality of life is measured in Bhutan.
Tightwadism, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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