The abstracts for the Fourth International Conference on Gross National Happiness can be downloaded from the following table

 


Sl. No. Title Author
1 3Rs Concept of Waste Management for Gross National Happiness Yeshey Penjor
2 Ability to sacrifice vs. propensity to absorb - a synthesis with the average and total principles in capability framework Amlan Majumder
3 Achieving Happiness through the Economy of Communion Marilou A Perez
4 Between Earth and Sky - Formal Organizations as Instrumental in Creating Gross National Happiness John Nirenberg
5 Can Corporate Codes of Conduct Promote Labor Standards. Evidence from the Thai Footwear and Apparel Industries Christopher Candland
6 Development as Happiness Prahlad Singh Shekhawat
7 Do Information and Communication Technologies Further or Hinder Gross National Happiness Kezang & Jason Whall
9 Elementary Education in Social Transformation and Happiness – Economics and Relevance - An Indian experience Saugata Bandyopadhyay
10 Estimation of Maximum Age Group of the Bhutanese’ Health and Wealth Status towards the progress of GNH Using Fuzzy Matrix Lalitha Ramachandran & Selvaraj M
11 From Economics of GDP to the Econo-Mixes of GNH Nitasha Kaul
12 Happiness Approach in an Award-winning Community Apivee Antarasena
13 How to Increase Happiness at the Base of the Pyramid without Homogenizing Culture Siddhartha Herdegen
14 I am Thou - Thoughts on an Ethical, Ecological, Spiritual Approach to Education Meena Srinivasan
15 Implementing Gross National Happiness - A Participatory Development Communication Approach Khampa
16 Japan’s Paradigm Shift from Growth to Happiness - Slowing Down to Advance Well Being Junko Edahiro & Riichiro Oda
17 Western Education, Socialization and Individualism Adrie Kusserow
18 National Accounts of Well-being, Measuring Wellbeing across Europe Nic Marks
19 Optimal Condition of Happiness - Application of Taguchi Robust Parameter Design on Evidences from India Prabhat Pankaj & Roma Mitra Debnath
20 Pilot study of Awareness, Knowledge, Behavior and Attitude towards HIV and AIDS in Bhutan Dechen Wangmo
21 Poverty Alleviation and People’s Empowerment - Twin Tools for Greater Happiness Sanjeev Mehta
22 Public responsiveness for good governance - Analysis of Local Administration system in Bhutan with GNH angle Shuichi Hirayama
23 Religious Institution Based Community-hood and Identity of a ‘Muslim Community' in a ‘Remote’ Rural Village in Bangladesh Mohammed Kamruzzaman
24 Schools in Rural Areas and Gross National Happiness- Endogenous Actions of Small Communities in Japan and Sweden Michiyo Kiwako
25 Socio - Economic Analyses of Healthcare Sector facilitating the attainment of Gross National Happiness (GNH) Selvaraj M, Lalitha Ramachandran, & Victor Devadoss A
26 Sustainable livelihood and happiness generation in Minamata-city, Japan - A model for people-driven GNH community Takayoshi KUSAGO
27 The Analysis of results of research into ‘The Ideal Society’ in Japan, Sweden and Bhutan ?Using the Indicator of Human Satisfaction Measure Terue Ohashi
28 The excessive influence of impatience in the collective management of a natural or environmental resource Ram Fishman
29 The Future of Happiness as a National Pursuit Ross McDonal
30 The global initiative to rethink progress Jon Hall
31 The lack of economic, social and cultural rights of the local communities in the three southern provinces - the outcome of structural violence Ranee Hassarungsee
32 Measurement of Capabilities and their relationships to life
Paul Anand
33 The Nature-Nurture Debate - New evidence and good news Ragnhild Bang Nes
34 The Philosophy of Sufficiency Economy with Thai Classical Dance for People Happiness Pimana ThiChalad & Chula Chanitwat
35 The Semantic Structure of Gross National Happiness Carl Polley
36 ‘Nature-Deficit Disorder’ and the Spirit of Wilderness Dave M. Augeri
37 Think Like an Island - Three-Capital Model in Pursuing GNH in Taiwan Juju Chin Shou Wang
38 Wellbeing in Two Nova Scotia Communities Mike Pennock
39 A new development paradigm inspired by Gross National Happiness? A contribution to the Global GDP Debate Hans and Wallapa
40 Adolescent: Study Problems and Remedies in Cyber Era Nima M. Joseph
41 Towards ‘Glocal’ Sustainability, through the ‘Right Balance’

Satoshi Funahashi
42 Conceptualising Education For Constitutional Monarchy System: Meiji Japan’s View And Approach Masanori Kakutani
43

Females’ Happiness in Cross-national Perspective

Piotr Michon
44 Shift in the measures of Quality of life viz-a-viz Happiness – A study of Phongmey geog and Trashigang town in Eastern Bhutan Vijay Kumar Shrotryia
45 GNH: changing views, a label for quality information Nille Van Hellemont
46 Development and (Un)happiness: A Case Study from Rural Ethiopia Dena Freeman
47 Cultivating a 'good heart' through mindfulness: A Brazilian person-centered research and intervention program on happiness Francisco S. Cavalcante, Jr. & Andre F. Sousa
48 Status Symbols, Ecosystems and Sustainability Arthur Fishman
49 Lessons from ICT pilot projects in rural Haïti for sustainable
economy with three inferred coefficients for the GNH index
Serge Miranda
50 Early Childhood Perspectives for Human Development and National Happiness Martha Llanos

 


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