three different programs are analyzed in their proper political, economic and social contexts - the Projeto Mutirão, which was developed between 1981 and 1989, the Favela- Bairro program, developed between 1992 and 2009 and Finally the Morar Carioca program, launched through a competition of methods for upgrading in 2010, with a reach yet to be evaluated.

the paper Programa Favela-Bairro: uma inovação estratégica?  Estudo do Programa Favela-Bairro no contexto do Plano Estratégico  da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro (program favela-bairro: a strategic innovation? a study of the program favela-bairro in the context of rio de janeiro city's strategic planning) by Izabel  Cristina Reis Mendes analyzes how The 'favela bairro program ' was spread as an innovative model of  intervention in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, dealing with the problematic issues of the areas as a whole, aiming at improving the local quality of life.