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  2. Kersbrook - Wikipedia

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    The first settlers established farms in the Kersbrook area in the early 1831s due to its relatively gentle slopes. John Bowden, manager of the South Australian Company's dairy farm at Hackney, bought the 32-hectare (79-acre) section 6146, Hundred of Para Wirra, and named it Kersbrook after the Cornish farm where he was born. [3]

  3. List of countries by percentage of population living in poverty

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    with lowest economic class based on the World Bank's international poverty lines of $2.15 and $3.65 a day Country Region World Bank Income group (2024) Extremely poor: Less than $2.15 a day Moderately poor: $2.15 to less than $3.65 a day Not extremely or moderately poor: $3.65 or above a day Afghanistan: South Asia Low income

  4. Extreme poverty - Wikipedia

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    Number of people living in extreme poverty from 1820 to 2015. Population not in extreme poverty Population living in extreme poverty Total population living in extreme poverty, by world region 1990 to 2015. Latin America and Caribbean East Asia and Pacific Islands South Asia Middle East and North Africa Europe and Central Asia Sub-Saharan Africa Other high income countries The number of people ...

  5. How The World Bank Broke Its Promise to Protect the Poor

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    The World Bank Group is the globe’s most prestigious development lender, bankrolling hundreds of government projects each year in pursuit of its high-minded mission: to combat the scourge of poverty by backing new transit systems, power plants, dams and other projects it believes will help boost the fortunes of poor people.

  6. The World Bank Group's Uncounted - The Huffington Post

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    The World Bank Group is the globe’s most prestigious development lender, bankrolling hundreds of government projects each year in pursuit of its high-minded mission: to combat the scourge of poverty by backing new transit systems, power plants, dams and other projects it believes will help boost the fortunes of poor people. Read more »

  7. World Bank Projects Leave Trail of Misery Around Globe

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    The World Bank Group is the globe’s most prestigious development lender, bankrolling hundreds of government projects each year in pursuit of its high-minded mission: to combat the scourge of poverty by backing new transit systems, power plants, dams and other projects it believes will help boost the fortunes of poor people.

  8. Poverty threshold - Wikipedia

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    Graph of global population living on under 1, 1.25 and 2 equivalent of 2005 US dollars daily (red) and as a proportion of world population (blue) based on 1981–2008 World Bank data [needs update] Poverty thresholds for 2013

  9. Williamstown, South Australia - Wikipedia

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    One excellent example of this can be found along Warren Road towards Kersbrook. In the late summer of 1956 Williamstown was struck by a 3.6 magnitude earthquake that lasted for almost eight minutes and caused structural damaged to many of the stone structures and brick buildings in the area.