Gross National Happiness and Poverty in Bhutan: Applying the GNH Index Methodology to explore Poverty
OPHI Research in Progress
Paper presented at the Gross National Happiness Conference in Bhutan, at 26 November 2008, re-analyses pilot GNH data, using 'poverty' cutoffs rather than, as in the GNH Index, 'sufficiency' cutoffs.
Citation: Alkire, S., Santos, M.E. and Ura, K. (2008). 'Gross national happiness and poverty in Bhutan: Applying the GNH Index methodology to explore poverty', OPHI Research in Progress 4a, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), University of Oxford.
Keywords:
Gross National Happiness, GNH Index, poverty measurement
Region:
South Asia
Country:
Bhutan