4 lessons from Bhutan on the pursuit of happiness above GDP
Written by:
Antonia Gawel
World Economic Forum
Published Tuesday 3 May 2016
Waking to the sound of monks chanting prayers and drumming their gongs during countless traditional pujas, a ceremony of honour, worship and devotion; running up the steep Himalayan mountain slopes under colourful prayer flags hung between trees in the lush natural landscape; looking out at the expanse of forests and mountains that surrounded its capital city, Thi