Thinley, Hon Jigme Yoser. Governing for Gross National Happiness
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Thinley, Hon Jigme Yoser. Governing for Gross National Happiness
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Record information Thinley, Hon Jigme Yoser. Governing for Gross National Happiness
Date:December 2019Reference:R16853-108-5-E, Volume number: 2, File number: 103File no. (creator):103Type of material:Moving images, Textual material, Sound recordingsFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:5858798Date(s):December 2019Place of creation:BhutanExtent:1 video file ( .mp4).
1 sound file (.mp3).
1 closed caption file (.vtt).
1 textual document (.pdf).
1 folder of textual records.Language of material:EnglishScope and content:File consists of an interview with Hon. Jigme Thinley titled "Governing for Gross National Happiness." The interview was conducted by Silver Donald Cameron as part of The Green Interview. File includes video of the interview, printed transcript, sound recording, and closed captioning file.
From the interview with Jigme Thinley: "Gross National Happiness is the conceptual framework that has guided Bhutan's developing process [...]. It is based on the belief that the aspiration and the main desire of every human individual is to pursue happiness and find happiness. And that happiness, on the other hand, is a state of mind that one is able to achieve only if there were an equitable balance, an equilibrium between fulfilling the needs of the body and fulfilling the needs of the mind.
"On the other hand, what we have seen, and what we see globally is a macroeconomic model that has promoted purely economic growth at the cost of spiritual and emotional well-being.
"Now, here in Bhutan, under this philosophy of Gross National Happiness, the government has assumed the responsibility of creating enabling conditions for individual citizens to pursue happiness, and this has been undertaken all these years through what we commonly refer to as the four pillars of GNH. These are: (1) sustainable and equitable social economic development; (2) conservation of our very fragile Himalayan ecology; (3) preservation and promotion of our cultural heritage; and (4) good governance. [...]"Additional information:General note:From The Green Interview website: "Topic: Counting what counts."
From The Green Interview website: The Honourable Jigme Yoser Thinley, the first democratically-elected Prime Minister of Bhutan, who is dedicated to improving Bhutan's Gross National Happiness as opposed to its Gross National Product.
Lyonchen (Prime Minister) Jigme Yoser Thinley was the first elected Prime Minister of Bhutan, a position he assumed in April 2008.
Born in 1952 in Bumthang, Thinley was educated at Dr Graham's Homes in Kalimpong and graduated from St Stephen's College in India. He obtained an MA in public administration at Pennsylvania State University in the United States, and a certificate in manpower planning and management at Manchester University in England.Related material:For audio-visual recordings of this interview, see IDCISN 607814, 607815.
For other interviews in The Green Interview fonds on this subject, see: Colman, Ronald. Measuring Gross National Happiness in Bhutan (January 2011, Mikan no. 5858712); Colman, Ronald. The true measures of progress (August 2009, Mikan no. 5858713); Kim, Julia. Happiness: reconnecting to self, others, and nature (Mikan no. 5858739); Bhutan: The pursuit of Gross National Happiness (2011, Mikan no. 5858799).Varying form of title:Source:Private -
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