World Bank2012-06-182012-06-182005-05https://hdl.handle.net/10986/8269This 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.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO EDUCATIONACCESS TO PRIMARY EDUCATIONADULT LITERACYADULT LITERACY RATEADULTSAGE GROUPSATTENDANCE RATESAVAILABILITY OF BOOKSBASIC EDUCATIONBASIC HEALTH CAREBASIC READINGBASIC SKILLSBENEFITS OF EDUCATIONBOARDINGBOARDING FACILITIESBOARDING FEESBOARDING SCHOOLBOARDING SCHOOLSBOOK SUPPLYCAUSES OF DEATHCHILD DEATHCHILD HEALTHCHILD LABORCHILD MALNUTRITIONCHILD MORTALITYCHILDREN WITH DISABILITIESCLASSROOMCLASSROOM SPACECLASSROOMSCOGNITIVE DEVELOPMENTCOMMUNITY PARTICIPATIONCOMMUNITY SCHOOLSCOMPLICATIONSCOMPLICATIONS DURING PREGNANCYCULTURAL VALUESCURRICULUMDEVELOPMENT POLICYDISSEMINATIONDONOR SUPPORTEARLY CHILDHOODEARLY CHILDHOOD CAREEARLY SCHOOL DROPECONOMIC GROWTHEDUCATED PARENTSEDUCATION EXPENDITUREEDUCATION FOR CHILDRENEDUCATION MANAGEMENTEDUCATION OPPORTUNITIESEDUCATION POLICYEDUCATION SECTOREDUCATION SYSTEMELDERLYENROLMENT RATESEXAMSFAMILY SYSTEMSFEMALE POPULATIONFORMAL EDUCATIONFREE EDUCATIONGENDER DISPARITIESGENDER EQUALITYGENDER GAPGENDER GAP IN EDUCATIONGIRLSGOOD GOVERNANCEGROSS ENROLLMENTGROSS ENROLLMENT RATESHEALTH CAREHEALTH FACILITIESHEALTH SECTORHIGH PUPIL-TEACHER RATIOHIGH PUPIL-TEACHER RATIOSHIGH SCHOOLHIGHER EDUCATIONHIGHER GRADESHOSPITALHOSPITAL BEDSHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD LEVELHOUSEHOLD POVERTYHUMAN DEVELOPMENTILLITERACYILLITERACY RATEILLNESSESIMMUNIZATIONIMPACT OF EDUCATIONINCIDENCE OF POVERTYINCLUSIVE EDUCATIONINSTRUCTIONINTERVENTIONSJOB CREATIONLABOR MARKETLANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTIONLEARNINGLEARNING OUTCOMESLEVEL OF EDUCATIONLIFE LONG EDUCATIONLITERACYLITERACY RATESLIVE BIRTHSLOW ENROLLMENT RATESMATERNAL HEALTHMATERNAL HEALTH CAREMATERNAL MORTALITYMATERNAL MORTALITY RATEMEDICAL STAFFMETHODS OF CONTRACEPTIONMIGRANTSMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALMINISTRY OF EDUCATIONMINISTRY OF HEALTHMINISTRY OF LABOURMODERN CONTRACEPTIONMODERN EDUCATIONNATIONAL UNIVERSITYNATURAL RESOURCESNERNET ENROLLMENTNUTRITIONNUTRITION PROBLEMSNUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIESNUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTSOFFICIAL ENTRY AGEOLD AGEOLD MENOLDER CHILDRENPEACEPERFORMANCE INDICATORSPHYSICAL ACCESSPOLICY DIALOGUEPOLICY MAKERSPREGNANT WOMENPRENATAL CAREPRIMARY COMPLETIONPRIMARY COMPLETION RATEPRIMARY COMPLETION RATESPRIMARY CYCLEPRIMARY ENROLLMENTPRIMARY ENROLLMENT RATESPRIMARY GRADESPRIMARY GROSS ENROLLMENTPRIMARY GROSS ENROLLMENT RATEPRIMARY LEVELPRIMARY LEVELSPRIMARY NET ENROLLMENT RATEPRIMARY SCHOOLPRIMARY SCHOOL AGEPRIMARY SCHOOL AGE CHILDRENPRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDRENPRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETIONPRIMARY SCHOOLSPRIVATE EDUCATIONPRIVATE SCHOOLPRIVATE SCHOOLINGPRIVATE SCHOOLSPRIVATE TUTORINGPROGRESSPUBLIC EDUCATIONPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC HEALTH SERVICESPUBLIC SCHOOLSPUPIL TEACHER RATIOQUALITY EDUCATIONQUALITY OF EDUCATIONQUALITY OF LIFEREGISTRATION SYSTEMSREPETITION RATESREPRODUCTIVE HEALTHRESPECTRETURNS TO EDUCATIONRURAL AREASRURAL CHILDRENRURAL SCHOOLSAFE DRINKING WATERSAFE WATERSANITATIONSCHOOL ATTENDANCESCHOOL ENROLLMENTSCHOOL ENTRYSCHOOL GRADUATESSCHOOL LEVELSCHOOL LEVELSSCHOOL PROGRAMSCHOOL QUALITYSCHOOL SYSTEMSCHOOLINGSCHOOLING FOR GIRLSSCHOOLSSECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY SCHOOLSECONDARY SCHOOLSSKILLED PERSONNELSLOW LEARNERSSOCIAL CONDITIONSSOCIAL SECTORSTEACHERTEACHER ABSENTEEISMTEACHER QUALIFICATIONTEACHERSTEACHINGTEACHING METHODSTUITIONTYPES OF EDUCATIONUNEMPLOYMENTUNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATIONUPEURBAN AREASURBAN CENTERSURBAN SCHOOLURBANIZATIONVOCATIONAL EDUCATIONVULNERABLE GROUPSWORKFORCEWORKING CHILDRENYOUNG ADULTSYOUNG MENYOUTHWorld Bank10.1596/8269