TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACRONYMS; GLOSSARY; CHAPTER 1: REVIEW OF DEVELOPMENT PERFORMANCE IN THE NINTH PLAN; 1.1: Background; 1.2: An Overview of Ninth Plan Achievements; 1.3: Economic Performance; 1.3.1: Growth; 1.3.2: Structural Changes in the Economy; 1.3.3: Consumption, Investment and Savings; 1.3.4: Change in Prices; 1.3.5: Balance of Payments and External Resources; 1.3.6: Ninth Plan Development Outlay and Expenditure; 1.4.1: Education & Literacy; 1.4.2: Health and Nutrition; 1.4.3: Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation; CHAPTER 2: DEVELOPMENT OUTLOOK AND PERSPECTIVES; 2.1: Introduction

2.2: Development Outlook and Vision2.2.1: Evolving Strategies to Achieve Gross National Happiness; 2.2.2: A Vision of Bhutan in the Year 2020; 2.2.3: International Development Goals; CHAPTER 3: STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK; 3.1: Poverty Reduction; 3.2 Vitalizing Industry; 3.2.1 Strengthening the Manufacturing and Trade Sector; 3.2.2: Accelerated Development of Hydropower; 3.2.3: Promoting and Facilitating the Development of Cultural Industries; 3.3: National Spatial Planning; 3.3.1: Managing Sustainable Urban Development and Housing; 3.3.2: Conservation of the Environment

3.4: Synergizing Integrated Rural‐Urban Development for Poverty Alleviation3.5: Expansion of Strategic Infrastructure; 3.6.1: Striving for Excellence in Education; 3.6.2: Human Resource Development for the Public and Private Sectors; 3.7: Enhancing the Enabling Environment; 3.8: Tenth Plan Targets; 3.8.1: Economic and Employment Targets; 3.8.2: Social and Human Development Targets; 3.9: The Planning Process and Implementation Modality; 3.9.1: Participatory Planning Approach; 3.9.3: Mechanisms for Plan Implementation; 3.9.4: Resource Allocation Mechanism; 3.9.5: Monitoring & Evaluation Process

CHAPTER 4: MACRO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OUTLOOK4.1: Introduction; 4.2: Macro‐Economic Outlook for the Tenth Plan; 4.3: Sectoral Growths; 4.4: Balance of Payments Position; 4.5: Development Outlay and Public Finance Projections; 4.5.1: Tenth Plan Outlay; CHAPTER 5: CROSS-CUTTING DEVELOPMENT THEMES; 5.1: Decentralized Governance; 5.1.1: Introduction; 5.1.2: Opportunities and Challenges for Effective Decentralized Governance; 5.1.3: Operational Framework for Local Governments in the Tenth Plan; 5.1.4: Strategies for achieving the objectives; 5.1.5: Financial Outlay for the Local Government

5.2: Employment5.2.1: Recent Trends in the Employment and Unemployment Situation; 5.2.2: Causes of Unemployment; 5.2.3: Objectives and Strategies to Promote Employment; 5.2.4: Targets for the Employment Sector; 5.3: Women in Development; 5.3.1: Policy and Strategies for Women in Development; 5.3.2: Strategic Measures to Promote Gender Mainstreaming; 5.4: Information and Communications Technology; 5.4.1: ICT Challenges; 5.4.2: ICT Policy and Strategies; 5.5: Environment; 5.5.1: Opportunities and Challenges; 5.5.2: Environment Policies and Strategies; 5.6: HIV/AIDS; 5.6.1: Introduction

5.6.2: Challenges