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Policies to improve the lives of Slum Dwellers – from international agreements to local contexts. The Brazilian case-study

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  • Marques, Bruno Pereira
  • Carvalho, Rui

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Last decades economic development induced massive international and regional migration flows directed to the urban spaces. The magnitude and swiftness of these processes determined that several cities’ authorities would fail to respond to the increasing demands of many social services. The right to an “adequate housing” emerged as a political concern, leading governments and institutions to develop housing programmes directed to improve the lives of slum dwellers. This paper presents a diachronic evolution of these specific housing policies in the paradigmatic case-study of Brazil, critically analysing the evolving roles played by the multiple levels of decision (from international institutions to local communities) in the development and implementation of such measures.

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  • Marques, Bruno Pereira & Carvalho, Rui, 2010. "Policies to improve the lives of Slum Dwellers – from international agreements to local contexts. The Brazilian case-study," MPRA Paper 37455, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    1. Scott, Allen J. (ed.), 2002. "Global City-Regions: Trends, Theory, Policy," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, number 9780199252305.
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    Keywords

    Housing Policies; Clandestine Urbanization; Migration Flows; Local Development; Community-based Development; Brazil;
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    JEL classification:

    • I3 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty
    • R2 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis

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