A new civil servant arrives in a remote Dzongkhag in the newly created position of Economic Development Officer. Chimi Yuden is greeted warmly, but she finds there is no office or equipment for her. She perceives resistance from Dzongkhag officials whose roles her new position seems to upset. And she has to figure out how things are done in her new setting. “I soon realized there were so many things I didn’t know,” she recalled. “I didn’t know how the Dzongkhag worked, or about their relationships with the Gewogs. I had read about them in schoolbooks, but I really didn’t know anything.”

In her first months on the job, 23-year-old Chimi must figure out how to get started and get settled. Her stresses and opportunities mirror those of many new civil servants, who will benefit from playing Chimi’s role in this fascinating success story.