21. It was introduced by the Indian government's Ministry of Housing and urban poverty Alleviation. 22. "The evidence points to a moderate reduction in urban poverty , " he said. 23. Urban poverty is abated by such programs as food subsidies that are not available in rural areas.24. In numerical terms, the fall in rural poverty was marginally more than that of urban poverty ! 25. Scurfield has stated that this exposure to urban poverty and racism was a very important learning experience. 26. His book is credited with changing the way Americans looked at both urban poverty and Italian-Americans. 27. Any truce with Muslim extremists is likely unattainable as long as the government fails to ease urban poverty . 28. Urban poverty became a problem for the first time, with shanty towns growing up around the cities.29. Hip-hop was once seen by some observers as a stepping stone out of urban poverty and violence. 30. The Chinese government has been placing a great deal of emphasis on dealing with the problem of urban poverty ,