"gross national happiness" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1998 December 21, Tim McGirk, “Mystery in the Hills”, in Time",
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          "ref": "2011 May 24, Frank Jordans, “USA comes up a bit short in global Better Life Index”, in USA Today, retrieved 2011-06-28",
          "text": "The small Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan introduced a policy of Gross National Happiness more than twenty years ago.",
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          "roman": "rgyal yongs dga' skyid dpal 'dzoms",
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          "word": "རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་དགའ་སྐྱིད་དཔལ་འཛོམས"
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