TY - BOOK AU - Karma Ura TI - The experience of Gross National Happiness as development framework U1 - e-book (MDP) PY - 2015/// CY - Thimphu PB - CBR & Aaian Development Bank, N1 - Includes bibliographicalappendix and reference N2 - CONTENTS FIGURES ......................................................................................................................................................... iv ABSTRACT ...................................................................................................................................................... v ABBREVIATIONS ........................................................................................................................................... vi 1. INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................................... 1 2. VISION OF INDIVIDUAL, SOCIETY, AND GOVERNING SYSTEM ............................................... 2 3. CONCEPTUAL STRUCTURE OF SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING, BUDDHIST HAPPINESS, AND GNH ........................................................................................................... 3 3.1 Subjective Well-Being ............................................................................................................................ 3 3.2 Buddhist Happiness ................................................................................................................................ 5 3.3 Well-Being and Happiness in GNH .................................................................................................. 6 4. METHODOLOGY OF MEASURING GNH AND ITS INDICATORS .............................................. 7 5. MULTIDIMENSIONAL FRAMEWORK—STATE AND NON-OFFICIAL INSTITUTIONS AND ACTORS ..................................................................................................................... 9 6. DECISION-GUIDING TOOL: GNH POLICY SCREENING TOOLS ............................................. 12 7. GNH SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT: POLICY OUTCOMES ............................................................. 14 7.1 Findings and Implications of GNH Surveys ...................................................................................... 14 7.2 Media .............................................................................................................................................................. 17 7.3 Tourism .................................................................................................................................................... 18 7.4 Wildlife Depredations ............................................................................................................................... 19 8. GNH OUTREACH ..................................................................................................................................... 20 9. OUTLOOK .................................................................................................................................................. 21 APPENDIX...................................................................................................................................................... 23 REFERENCES................................................................................................................................................ 27 ER -