41. For reasons not entirely clear, the asthma burden is falling heaviest on minorities, especially those living in urban poverty . 42. He delivered a tough-sounding speech on urban poverty filled with escape clauses he then exploited when the criticism came. 43. The Brazilian government has made several attempts in the 20th century to improve the nation's problem of urban poverty . 44. In the 1960s, Clark s interest shifted to contemporary consequences of economic changes, especially suburban living and urban poverty . 45. Inadequate infrastructure, rising population rates as well as rising urban poverty are major causes to the degradation of the cities. 46. SDI makes every effort to ensure that the poor themselves are at the centre of urban poverty eradication strategies and actions. 47. The causes of urban poverty are due to the limited employment opportunities, degraded environment, and bad housing and sanitation. 48. There are millions of these faces, from the sprawling urban poverty of cities like Karachi to the farmlands of rural provinces. 49. The present-day setting of international commerce and communication prevents nations from protecting themselves from urban poverty problems, he said. 50. By 1999 2000, the rural and urban poverty rates dropped to 10.0 % and 9.6 % respectively.
