KENYA POLICY STUDIO
Brazil
Brazil is an important case study, because of its recent economic boom, innovative 1988 constitution that incorporates slum dwellers' rights and simultaneously expanding favelas. In a clear break from earlier efforts to eradicate informal settlements, Favela Bairro’s objective is to integrate them into the formal city (bairro meaning neighborhood in Portuguese). The Inter-American Development Bank initially provided the majority of the funding that was channeled from the national government to the municipal government where it was implemented through residents' associations and Postos de Orientação Urbanística e Social (POUSOs).
There are several reasons for Favela Bairro's success. Firstly, the POUSOs allowed for community participation that extended beyond the implementation phase. Secondly, the local authority set ambitious infrastructure goals, better than those prescribed by the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, and implemented those through private contracting, circumventing the challenge of secure tenure in the process. Finally, the Brazilian welfare state has been expanding with new programs and benefits for the poor since the mid-1980s. Favela Bairro should be seen as embedded within these policies that range from a conditional cash transfer program, Bolsa Familia, Units of Pacifying Police (UPP), a new security police that disarms traffickers inside the favelas, the Growth Acceleration Program (PAC) and Morar Carioca that target larger infrastructural projects and Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS), a new national health care program.
Favela Bairro: http://www0.rio.rj.gov.br/habitacao/favela_bairro.htm
Constitution of Federal Republic of Brazil: http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/details.jsp?id=11795
Bolsa Familia: http://www.mds.gov.br/bolsafamilia
Unidade de Policia Pacificadora: http://www.upprj.com/
Programa de Aceleracao do Crescimento: http://www.pac.gov.br/
Morar Carioca: http://www.rio.rj.gov.br/web/smh/exibeconteudo?article-id=1451251
Sistema Único de Saúde: http://www.brasil.gov.br/?set_language=en
Want to know more about Favela Bairro? Find the full case study report below.
There are several reasons for Favela Bairro's success. Firstly, the POUSOs allowed for community participation that extended beyond the implementation phase. Secondly, the local authority set ambitious infrastructure goals, better than those prescribed by the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, and implemented those through private contracting, circumventing the challenge of secure tenure in the process. Finally, the Brazilian welfare state has been expanding with new programs and benefits for the poor since the mid-1980s. Favela Bairro should be seen as embedded within these policies that range from a conditional cash transfer program, Bolsa Familia, Units of Pacifying Police (UPP), a new security police that disarms traffickers inside the favelas, the Growth Acceleration Program (PAC) and Morar Carioca that target larger infrastructural projects and Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS), a new national health care program.
Favela Bairro: http://www0.rio.rj.gov.br/habitacao/favela_bairro.htm
Constitution of Federal Republic of Brazil: http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/details.jsp?id=11795
Bolsa Familia: http://www.mds.gov.br/bolsafamilia
Unidade de Policia Pacificadora: http://www.upprj.com/
Programa de Aceleracao do Crescimento: http://www.pac.gov.br/
Morar Carioca: http://www.rio.rj.gov.br/web/smh/exibeconteudo?article-id=1451251
Sistema Único de Saúde: http://www.brasil.gov.br/?set_language=en
Want to know more about Favela Bairro? Find the full case study report below.
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