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    • Rethinking Prosperity
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    • Our citizen scientists
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  • Rethinking Prosperity
  • What we can do
  • Citizen scientist journey
  • Citizen Prosperity Index
  • Prosperity for London
  • Our citizen scientists
  • Turning ideas into action
  • Universal Basic Services
  • Entrepreneurship for us

What is prosperity in the 21st century?

The world is changing, and with it the way we live and our aspirations for the future. What does it mean to lead a prosperous life in today’s world?

Questions about what societies value and how resources and opportunities can be equitably distributed are critical concerns, and the focus of today’s political debates. 

In the 21st century, multiple intersecting challenges, such as environmental degradation, climate change, inequality, poverty, geopolitical instability and more are undermining our economies and our ability to flourish. There are clear crises surrounding the legitimacy of governments, and deep anxiety about corporate commitment to societal wellbeing. Today’s best efforts to repair the status quo are not working and it  is clear that meeting any of these challenges will require new thinking and transformations. 

What new social, economic and political institutions are needed for our changing societies? How can we develop pathways and support livelihoods that deliver future prosperity for all?

 Re-thinking prosperity is a new agenda for transformative change, based on new ways of working that foreground local knowledge and the capacities communities have for action, and allies them to the big drivers of social, economic and political change.  Innovative ideas and solutions work together to create novel pathways for prosperity.

Hear from Professor Henrietta Moore on IGP's work on redefining prosperity for the 21st century.

Read our book 'Prosperity in the 21st century'

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