The value of a tree How do we know whether a country is on the
right path of development? Most countries rely on the Gross
Domestic Product (GDP) as an indicator. But does this really
work? Is GDP the right tool to use? The East Asian country of
Bhutan does not think so. Bhutan developed its own indicator to
measure the country’s development: Gross National Happiness
(GNH) – a concept, Bhutan presented at the Rio+20 summit in Rio
de Janeiro. But how does GNH work? That’s what we asked Karma
Tshiteem, secretary of the Gross National Happiness Commission
of Bhutan. DateJune 22, 2012