World Happiness Report 2017

The first World Happiness Report was published in April 2012, in support of the UN High-Level Meeting on happiness and well-being. Since then the world has come a long way. Increasingly, happiness is considered to be the proper measure of social progress and the goal of public policy. In June 2016 the OECD committed itself “to redefine the growth narrative to put people’s well-being at the center of governments’ efforts”. In February 2017, the United Arab Emirates held a full-day World Happiness meeting, as part of the World Government Summit. The World Happiness Report 2017 was launched on World Happiness Day, March 20th.

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