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We use data from two separate randomized control trials to examine whether career mentoring influences the educational preferences and career choices of Bhutanese students in grades 10 and 12. These mentoring programs provide information on technical and vocational education and training (TVET)...
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In den späten 1970er Jahren erklärte der König des südasiatischen Kleinstaates Bhutan, dass für sein Land nicht das … Bruttoinlandsprodukt wichtig sei, sondern vielmehr das Bruttonationalglück. Dieser Beitrag analysiert das Bruttonationalglück in Bhutan aus …
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Bhutan during the COVID-19 pandemic. We find that food-insecure households are more likely to collect wild foods, suggesting …
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This paper argues that any discussion of the operationalization of Gross National Happiness (GNH) in Bhutan within an … within which discussion of the operationalization of GNH may take place, focusing on the question of Bhutan's possible entry … into the World Trade Organization (WTO). It concludes that a decision to operationalize GNH in Bhutan carries with it …
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Bhutan has shown remarkable economic performance over the last two decades, supported by generous aid inflows and … sign of Dutch disease, shadowing the growth prospects of Bhutan. The author examines empirically the presence of Dutch …. Bhutan's future economic prosperity depends crucially on the policy strategies for exchange rate management, fiscal policy …
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This paper consists of two parts, which are conceptually only loosely interconnected. Proceeding from an impressionistic comparison of Bhutanese development in the late 1950s and in the late 1990s, Part I of this essay explores the missing link, the question of why development has taken the...
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practical interest to those individuals working within the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGOB) who are responsible for …
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Income growth in rural areas may be one of the greatest challenges to further poverty reduction and economic development. Using a new survey of rural Bhutanese households we investigate the short-term economic, social, and psychosocial benefits of a vocational skills training program that was...
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This paper develops a 2012 Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for Bhutan with a detailed representation of the agricultural … supply and use matrices. In case of missing data, the SAM relies on information from Bhutan's 2007 supply and use table. The … of subsistence farming in Bhutan and the differences in prices due to transportation and trade margins. Important …
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succession and/or polyandry. This study was done in the Kingdom of Bhutan where matrilineal succession and polyandry were …
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