prosperous region
collocation in Englishmeaningsofprosperousandregion
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prosperous
adjective
uk/ˈprɒs.pər.əs/us/ˈprɑː.spɚ.əs/
successful, usually by earning a lot ...
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region
noun[C]
uk/ˈriː.dʒən/us/ˈriː.dʒən/
a particular area or part of the world, or any of the large official areas into which a country ...
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For example, many deprived areas may be concealed in a larger and much moreprosperousregion.
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These services are essential to the continuance of a balanced life throughout this important andprosperousregion.
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I do not think that there is any inherent difficulty about having aprosperousregionwhich is not what is sometimes called the golden triangle.
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That is a veryprosperousregion.
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Yorkshire, paradoxically enough, has always been regarded as aprosperousregion.
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It is a traditionallyprosperousregion.
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Due to the trade on the river their wealth grew, and this became a veryprosperousregion.
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Thisprosperousregionlies on the north-eastern shore of the lake and thus benefits from the evening sun.
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As has been the case during the recent past, attempts to divert inward investment to less prosperous regions generally took the form of assistance rather than compulsion.
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On the one hand, there is aid for developing the infrastructure and human resources of the less prosperous regions.
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In the most prosperous regions, workers have become unemployed but when the up-swing in the economy establishes itself, they can be reabsorbed into industry.
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It would mean increasing grey area investment incentives step by step with development area investment incentives, while taking no action about the truly prosperous regions.
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It is clear therefore that not only can backwardness persist for a long time but that prosperous regions benefit from aid rather than backward regions.
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They will be positive for prosperous regions, but for weaker regions a negative effect is more to be expected.
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This makes our plans for making fuller use of the available labour in the less prosperous regions all the more important.
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I have no objection to applauding their energy; but what people in the less prosperous regions want to applaud are results.
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I speak for one of the more prosperous regions.
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Effectively, what happens through that process is a redistribution of income from more to less prosperous regions.
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The second factor which is of vital importance to the less prosperous regions is the factor of confidence and of financial availability for new investment.
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