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FDI in Bhutan (2021-2022)

FDI is received mostly from Asia with 64 percent. India remains the major source of investment in Bhutan within Asia with 47 percent followed by Singapore (19 percent) and Thailand (11 percent).As of 31st December 2020, there are 92 FDI projects worth Nu. 37,134.600 million including 10 new projects worth Nu. 3,527.420 million approved during the […]

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Progress on Bhutan Implementing Climate Action

Climate change has been integrated into our development planning with “Climate Neutrality, Climate and Disaster Resilience” identified as the sixth National Key Result Area (NKRA) of the 12th Five Year Plan (2018-2023). With the five-year plan’s objective as “Just, Harmonious and Sustainable Society through enhanced Decentralisation”, the priority areas for mitigation and adaptation in the NDC were developed into programs primarily under this NKRA

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Air pollution from wood fired cooking stove

Abstract The combustion of wood fuel by cooking stove releases pollutants of particulate matter (PM), carbon monoxide (CO), oxide of nitrogen (NOx), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAHs). The quantity of pollutants released is highly dependent on the moisture content, oxygen level, wood type and combustion temperature.  The pollutants from wood cooking

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Sustainable City: Thimphu, Bhutan

Introduction The rapid growth of cities has become the most striking feature of human civilization. Cities have depleted earth’s resources by draining the fertility without replenishing it. They have exhausting the forests, watershed and in the process discarding vast quantities of waste and pollution.  Sustainability needs to be addressed if mankind is to continue to

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Rural Water Supply & Sanitation Program at Ilahita

PROPOSAL FOR FUNDING TO THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION To The Director, European Commission, Rue de la Loi 2001049 BrusselsBelgium                                                                                                       19-09-2008 Subject:       Proposal for Rural Waster Supply & Sanitation (RWS) Project at Ilahita, Papua New Guinea Sir, On behalf of the Ilahita Melbourne Community Association (IMCA), I would like to submit the following proposal for your consideration and

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Biofuels – alternative fuel for public transports in Bhutan

Introduction Bhutan is a small landlocked country located between the two largest populated countries globally, China to the north and India to the south. Over the years, the country has achieved significant progress in terms of development with Bhutan’s real GDP registering a CAGR of 8.9% during 2005-09, which is relatively higher vis-à-vis average growth

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Improved Waste Management Through Capacity & Infrastracture Building in Paro, Bhutan

INTRODUCTION The Kingdom of Bhutan is a landlocked country with an area of approximately 38,000 square kilometer in South Asia. It is located amidst the eastern end of the Himalaya Mountains and is bordered to the south, east and west by India and to the north by China.  Shrouded for centuries in the misty serenity of the great Himalayas, the Land of the

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