Bhutan Human Development Indicators : Analysis of Current Situation using the BLSS

This report lays out the challenge of human development in Bhutan. It is based on the first nationally-representative household survey, the Bhutan Living Standard Survey (BLSS), collected between April 2003 and June 2003. The report's primary objective is to inform the Bank of the current situation regarding some human development indicators. The report is partly filling in the knowledge gap on key human development indicators in Bhutan and will hopefully guide future policy directions. Some sections of the report have already been used as an input for the Country Assistance Strategy (CAS). On the demand side, the Ministry of Education in Bhutan had requested World Bank's assistance to help cost the Education Millennium Development Objective (MDG) and other sector objectives. This analysis was competed and delivered in Thimphu in January 2005 (and the analysis of the education sector laid out in the first chapter of this report formed an integral part of this presentation). The Ministry of Health did not express interest in the Bank's assistance in the analysis of the health sector using the BLSS data. However, the RGOB did express interest in Bank input addressing old age security and emerging youth unemployment and the report constitutes an initial step informing the dialogue.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Economic Updates and Modeling biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2005-05
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EDUCATION, ACCESS TO PRIMARY EDUCATION, ADULT LITERACY, ADULT LITERACY RATE, ADULTS, AGE GROUPS, ATTENDANCE RATES, AVAILABILITY OF BOOKS, BASIC EDUCATION, BASIC HEALTH CARE, BASIC READING, BASIC SKILLS, BENEFITS OF EDUCATION, BOARDING, BOARDING FACILITIES, BOARDING FEES, BOARDING SCHOOL, BOARDING SCHOOLS, BOOK SUPPLY, CAUSES OF DEATH, CHILD DEATH, CHILD HEALTH, CHILD LABOR, CHILD MALNUTRITION, CHILD MORTALITY, CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES, CLASSROOM, CLASSROOM SPACE, CLASSROOMS, COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, COMPLICATIONS, COMPLICATIONS DURING PREGNANCY, CULTURAL VALUES, CURRICULUM, DEVELOPMENT POLICY, DISSEMINATION, DONOR SUPPORT, EARLY CHILDHOOD, EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE, EARLY SCHOOL DROP, ECONOMIC GROWTH, EDUCATED PARENTS, EDUCATION EXPENDITURE, EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN, EDUCATION MANAGEMENT, EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES, EDUCATION POLICY, EDUCATION SECTOR, EDUCATION SYSTEM, ELDERLY, ENROLMENT RATES, EXAMS, FAMILY SYSTEMS, FEMALE POPULATION, FORMAL EDUCATION, FREE EDUCATION, GENDER DISPARITIES, GENDER EQUALITY, GENDER GAP, GENDER GAP IN EDUCATION, GIRLS, GOOD GOVERNANCE, GROSS ENROLLMENT, GROSS ENROLLMENT RATES, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH FACILITIES, HEALTH SECTOR, HIGH PUPIL-TEACHER RATIO, HIGH PUPIL-TEACHER RATIOS, HIGH SCHOOL, HIGHER EDUCATION, HIGHER GRADES, HOSPITAL, HOSPITAL BEDS, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD LEVEL, HOUSEHOLD POVERTY, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, ILLITERACY, ILLITERACY RATE, ILLNESSES, IMMUNIZATION, IMPACT OF EDUCATION, INCIDENCE OF POVERTY, INCLUSIVE EDUCATION, INSTRUCTION, INTERVENTIONS, JOB CREATION, LABOR MARKET, LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION, LEARNING, LEARNING OUTCOMES, LEVEL OF EDUCATION, LIFE LONG EDUCATION, LITERACY, LITERACY RATES, LIVE BIRTHS, LOW ENROLLMENT RATES, MATERNAL HEALTH, MATERNAL HEALTH CARE, MATERNAL MORTALITY, MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE, MEDICAL STAFF, METHODS OF CONTRACEPTION, MIGRANTS, MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, MINISTRY OF HEALTH, MINISTRY OF LABOUR, MODERN CONTRACEPTION, MODERN EDUCATION, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, NATURAL RESOURCES, NER, NET ENROLLMENT, NUTRITION, NUTRITION PROBLEMS, NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES, NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS, OFFICIAL ENTRY AGE, OLD AGE, OLD MEN, OLDER CHILDREN, PEACE, PERFORMANCE INDICATORS, PHYSICAL ACCESS, POLICY DIALOGUE, POLICY MAKERS, PREGNANT WOMEN, PRENATAL CARE, PRIMARY COMPLETION, PRIMARY COMPLETION RATE, PRIMARY COMPLETION RATES, PRIMARY CYCLE, PRIMARY ENROLLMENT, PRIMARY ENROLLMENT RATES, PRIMARY GRADES, PRIMARY GROSS ENROLLMENT, PRIMARY GROSS ENROLLMENT RATE, PRIMARY LEVEL, PRIMARY LEVELS, PRIMARY NET ENROLLMENT RATE, PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE, PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN, PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN, PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION, PRIMARY SCHOOLS, PRIVATE EDUCATION, PRIVATE SCHOOL, PRIVATE SCHOOLING, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, PRIVATE TUTORING, PROGRESS, PUBLIC EDUCATION, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PUPIL TEACHER RATIO, QUALITY EDUCATION, QUALITY OF EDUCATION, QUALITY OF LIFE, REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, REPETITION RATES, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, RESPECT, RETURNS TO EDUCATION, RURAL AREAS, RURAL CHILDREN, RURAL SCHOOL, SAFE DRINKING WATER, SAFE WATER, SANITATION, SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, SCHOOL ENROLLMENT, SCHOOL ENTRY, SCHOOL GRADUATES, SCHOOL LEVEL, SCHOOL LEVELS, SCHOOL PROGRAM, SCHOOL QUALITY, SCHOOL SYSTEM, SCHOOLING, SCHOOLING FOR GIRLS, SCHOOLS, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SECONDARY SCHOOL, SECONDARY SCHOOLS, SKILLED PERSONNEL, SLOW LEARNERS, SOCIAL CONDITIONS, SOCIAL SECTORS, TEACHER, TEACHER ABSENTEEISM, TEACHER QUALIFICATION, TEACHERS, TEACHING, TEACHING METHODS, TUITION, TYPES OF EDUCATION, UNEMPLOYMENT, UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION, UPE, URBAN AREAS, URBAN CENTERS, URBAN SCHOOL, URBANIZATION, VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, VULNERABLE GROUPS, WORKFORCE, WORKING CHILDREN, YOUNG ADULTS, YOUNG MEN, YOUTH,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/05/15525285/bhutan-human-development-indicators-analysis-current-situation-using-blss http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8269
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