That appears to be the situation in Iran as well, says Anthony Cordesman at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

VOA: standard.2010.06.11

"It is the health facility which is becoming in many occasions the center of community confidence, let us say, and community gathering as well,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.14

Bhutan's main research center collects a wide variety of data to measure this, including things like psychological well being, good governance, ecological diversity and living standards.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

Well into Saturday night, explosions and gunfire could be heard in the city center.

VOA: standard.2010.05.15