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**Annotated Bibliography for Genuine Wealth Presentation **

 Canadian Index of Wellbeing. (2011). How are Canadians Really Doing? Highlights: Canadian Index of Wellbeing 1.0. Waterloo, ON: Canadian Index of Wellbeing and University of Waterloo. **This report is the source of information about the Canadian Index of Wellbeing specifically as it refers to the background, the domains and the chart demonstrating the difference between the GDP and the CIW. **

**CIA. (2012, June 20). The world factbook. Retrieved from [|__https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bt.html__] ** **This website was useful because it provides information on many different topics of all countries in the world. Information is nicely organized into categories. The website is also updated weekly. **

** The centre for Bhutan studies. (2012). Gross national happiness. Retrieved from [|__www.grossnationalhappiness.com__] ** **This website is full of information on how and why Bhutan has chosen to concentrate on GNH rather than GNP. There are resources such as videos, surveys, research and news articles. **

Lew, B., & McInnis, M. Department of Economics. (2007). Guns and butter: World War I and the Canadian economy. Working Paper. Retrieved from Trent University website: [|__http://www.trentu.ca/economics/../LewMcInnis_Toronto_05.pdf__] **This working paper is the source of the historical economic information regarding World War I and the post-war years. **

 Coyle, J. (2011). New Canadian index of wellbeing reveals how Canadians are really faring. Thestar.com, doi: Sunday, July 8, 2011 **This was the article that first introduced the information of the existence of this index. It also provides context for the use of the index for the Canadian perspective. **

Kavanagh, P. (2011). Happiness and progress: measuring human well-being in Bhutan and Canada. International Development Research Centre, Retrieved from  **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This report provides the connective tissue between the Bhutan experience and the Canadian decision to create the CIW. **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Moore, O. (2011, October 13). Canadian at centre of Bhutanese government's "gross national happiness" movement. The Globe and Mail. Retrieved from <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canadian-at-centre-of-bhutanese-governments-gross-national-happiness-movement/article557049/__] **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Did you know that a Canadian is at the heart of the Bhutanese government’s efforts to make GNH part of the fabric of their society? **

**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Rethinking development: Local pathways to global wellbeing. (2005). ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Paper presented at St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia The second international conference on gross national happiness, Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Retrieved from <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #2b00ae; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://http://www.gpiatlantic.org/conference/conference.shtml__] **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">At the second international conference on Gross National Happiness there were papers presented from a variety of countries that talk about the reasons and challenges of implementing this sustainability concept in their countries. **

**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Simple Show. (Producer) (2012). What is gross national happiness? [Web]. Retrieved from <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Zqdqa4YNvI__] ** **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This video provides a concise but thorough overview of what the Bhutanese government has done to improve the life of their citizens. The video provide explanations of GNH, as well as some history. **