Homepage for the Centre for Bhutan Studies, established by the Royal Government of Bhutan in 1999. Its objectives include conducting evaluative studies on existing programmes of the government and providing feedback on the basis of which the Royal Government can improve programmes and policies;Supporting basic research by other agencies in Bhutan; Conducting inter-disciplinary studies of Bhutan in its social, cultural, and economic aspects, focussing largely, but not exclusively, on contemporary issues; Acting as a clearing-house of information on various studies and researches being conducted in Bhutan and abroad by foreign institutes. Within Bhutan, the Centre will maintain a close research alliance with other people and institutes engaged in similar activities. The center's projects cover a wide-range of disciplines and the contact information for the center found on this website will be useful to scholars in many fields of Bhutan studies.