the  programa de aceleração do crescimento - pac is a federal program aimed at the economic and infrastructural development of brazil is areas such sanitation, transportation, energy, water and sewage, and more.

one particularly successful project was the construction of an cable railway system to improve transportation and access  in the complexo do alemão . in addition to improving the favela, the art displayed on the walls of this structure contributed to the local pride and hightened the morale of residents.

another such project was the construction of the elevator at cantagalo, easily seen from praça general osório in ipanema.