00:13 I love Bhutan.
00:15 We are rich
00:16 in culture
00:17 and tradition.
00:25 In Bhutan,
00:26 we measure our success by happiness,
00:28 but
00:29 am I happy?
00:31 Meet Karma.
00:32 He's intelligent,
00:33 ambitious,
00:34 and very proud to be Bhutanese.
00:37 My options are limited.
00:38 It's not easy to get a good job here.
00:41 I worry about my future.
00:46 I'm thinking of following my friends to Australia.
00:49 They went to college in Perth and found well-paid work.
00:51 It'll be better for me and my family.
00:57 Karma's older brother Dorji set up a
01:00 company to service the burgeoning film industry.
01:04 Filmmakers would love to film here.
01:06 They say
01:07 there is nowhere on earth
01:09 as beautiful as Bhutan.
01:11 But we don't have the equipment
01:12 or the skills they need,
01:14 so they go elsewhere.
01:16 We need real investment
01:17 in the sector to create more jobs for people like my brother.
01:21 It's impossible for me to get a loan
01:23 and grow my business.
01:25 If the government asked me,
01:26 I think I could help them find solutions.
01:32 Karma and Doji's father passed away,
01:34 and their mother returned to their village
01:36 where their sister Kinlay and her husband Sonam look after her.
01:41 Kinlay tends to their kitchen garden
01:43 and weaves traditional textiles from wool.
01:46 I heard that these are worth a lot of money in other countries,
01:50 but Masheir,
01:50 I don't know how to get my weaving to those places.
01:53 You've seen the roads,
01:54 Mina.
01:55 It's not easy to transport things from here.
02:02 Sonam is a yak herder.
02:04 He makes cheese
02:05 and butter for the family,
02:07 and uses yak hair to make ropes and tents,
02:09 which he sells locally.
02:12 Kinlay and Sonam have a daughter called Bida.
02:15 Neither school and some farms were washed away
02:18 in a flood from a glacial mountain lake.
02:21 It was caused by global warming.
02:23 She's now in a makeshift school.
02:25 If we had an early warning system
02:27 and were more careful about how and where we build things,
02:30 then we could stop it happening again.
02:33 Sometimes the school is closed because they don't have enough qualified teachers.
02:39 That's a problem everywhere in the countryside.
02:41 We don't have enough doctors and nurses either.
02:44 Eh,
02:45 could I be a doctor one day?
02:47 I hope so,
02:47 Chiche.
02:48 I hope so.
02:56 Today,
02:56 all the family are gathered.
02:59 I don't want you to go away,
03:00 Aisha Karma.
03:01 Please stay.
03:02 I would like to stay,
03:04 if,
03:04 if what?
03:05 If things change,
03:06 if Bhutan does what it says it wants to do,
03:09 what does Bhutan want to do,
03:10 Aja?
03:11 It wants to reach upper middle income status by 2029.
03:15 Upy muddy,
03:16 stinky potatoes.
03:18 What does that mean?
03:18 Upy muddy,
03:19 stinky potatoes would mean that you can become a star of the future.
03:26 We'd have a national education policy to ensure that every child,
03:30 not just in the towns,
03:31 but in the villages too,
03:32 would get the care and education they need from early childhood.
03:36 And when children leave school,
03:38 they'd be able to get the skills and training they need to do all sorts of jobs.
03:43 Then you could become a doctor Bidha
03:45 and care for Age.
03:48 You could be a teacher.
03:51 Or learn how to operate cameras for your Ajatochi.
03:54 You could learn how to sell textiles and yak products to foreign countries.
03:58 I want to do all those things.
04:01 So do I.
04:02 And it will be easier for me to borrow money with a partial credit guarantee scheme.
04:06 Huh?
04:08 Ask Yapa what that means.
04:09 Thanks,
04:10 Doji.
04:10 It means I could get the equipment I need
04:13 to make more yak cheese and butter to sell to the restaurants and hotels.
04:18 There are so many opportunities we haven't explored yet,
04:20 Karma.
04:21 We could promote commerce with other countries,
04:24 especially our neighbors,
04:24 with trade portals and information services.
04:28 Yes,
04:29 we will need to build.
04:30 Better roads and waterways
04:33 and improved transport to and from India and Bangladesh.
04:36 Yes,
04:37 then we could export our products easily,
04:40 and I could move film equipment and crews around the country.
04:43 We'd also need to improve internet connectivity.
04:46 You're forgetting something very important.
04:49 We have a magical power.
04:52 What's that,
04:53 eh?
04:54 The power of water,
04:56 hydropower.
04:57 If we build dams and make the most of it,
05:00 then we will have so much power that we can sell some to other
05:04 countries and use the rest to attract industries that need clean power to operate.
05:10 This will bring in good jobs and money
05:12 to do all the other things.
05:21 We have to build a country that young people want to live in.
05:25 It won't be easy.
05:26 You are right.
05:28 We all need to help out
05:29 right across society.
05:31 We need to believe in the future.
05:36 Buddhism encourages us to be mindful.
05:39 The king wants to build a city of mindfulness
05:42 that the whole world will love and respect,
05:45 a beacon of light to all.
05:49 We don't want to become the same as everywhere else.
05:52 We are special people.
05:54 Our culture and traditions are unique.
05:56 We know how to predict nature,
05:58 but this does not mean we cannot change things for the better.
06:02 Karma,
06:03 you must decide what is best for you.
06:05 I will love you whatever you choose.
06:07 Thank you,
06:08 Ama.
06:08 Children are the future,
06:10 right?
06:10 Pita.
06:13 Please stay,
06:14 Aja.
06:21 The World Bank would like to support the government of Bhutan
06:24 in its goals to reach upper middle income status by 2029.
06:31 We humbly ask to be your partners on this exciting journey.
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