"We can deliver cleaner air, healthier cities and a new kind of 'industrial' revolution underpinned by technologies that enable us to live a prosperous life within the boundaries our planet can sustain.
"The task at hand is to develop a system that would grant the kind of autonomy required for the Tibetans to be able to survive as a distinct and prosperous people within the People's Republic of China," said Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari, a special envoy of the Dalai Lama, in a speech given in Washington in 2006.
Most of this gain is due to compositional changes, especially the increase in educational levels; to more advantageous family background; and to migration to more prosperous regions within Brazil.
It would be a divine gift if Syria becomes a stable, free, and prosperous democracy within a decade, and that's a goal that all responsible Syrians must share.
As of 2013, Gibraltar is ranked as the second most prosperous territory within the European Union and the 18th most prosperous worldwide in terms of gross domestic product by purchasing power parity per capita (the United Kingdom, for comparison, is 33rd worldwide and Spain is 44th).
Under the "two countries, one system" policy implemented by China to manage the return of Hong Kong's sovereignty, Hong Kong has maintained a comparatively prosperous economy within the Asian region.
We are in trouble now because we don't have a good story" - Thomas Berry The greatest risk to the sustainability movement is that it is struggling and so far failing to articulate a vision of a future that is both prosperous while remaining within planetary boundaries.
In 1990, many economists said the east would be as prosperous as the west within a few years.
A fairer, more prosperous Scotland is within our grasp – but only with a Yes.
"A more prosperous future is within our reach, a future where all people benefit from sustainable development no matter who they are or where they live".
Further, he added, the leftist independence coalition Euskal Heritarrok, which is linked to the rebels, has expressed respect for the results of the Basque parliamentary elections last month, which were won by moderates who prefer to keep the prosperous Basque region within Spain.
