Bhutan's Prime Minister: We have to ask ourselves why we want economic growth. It has to be ultimately for the happiness and well-being of the people'

"Gross National Happiness is a development philosophy that puts happiness and well-being in the center of our development agenda. GDP is important. But there are other things that are equally important."

"The use of the Gross National Happiness Index does not mean that Bhutan is an idyll. Tobgay acknowledges that poverty still exists and that many young people emigrate."

"The results of recent years indicate that people in rural Bhutan are less happy than those in urban Bhutan. People who are less educated are less happy than people who are educated."

"Economic growth, material progress, must be balanced with social progress, with cultural preservation, with environmental sustainability and with good governance."

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