The Himalayan kingdom has adapted GNH-Gross National Happiness as an alternative to Gross National Product as usual. This the brainchild of former Bhutanese King, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, who introduced GNH in 1970.
"Now, the Bhutanese are refining the country’s guiding philosophy into what they see as a new political science, and it has ripened into government policy just when the world may need it, said Kinley Dorji, secretary of information and communications."
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