Data for the notebooks was taken from the Demographic Census conducted by the Instituto Brasileiro de Georgrafia e Estatística (IBGE) (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics) in 2010. The final report is hailed as a unique and invaluable tool for the city of Rio de Janeiro.

another study with great relevance and international recognition, is published in english by the world bank  with the title Bringing the state back into the favelas of Rio de Janeiro: Understanding changes in community life after the UPP pacification process. is a comprehensive work and supplemented by great list of acronyms, setting a frame of reference for anyone starting to learn about favelas in rio de janeiro.