home of the soccer world cup of 2014 and the olympics of 2016, the city is experiencing economic development - social programs, crime reduction, infrastructural improvements, and massive renovation of the less afluent areas.

accessible via this link, published by the instituto pereira passos and by rio's prefecture, the study rio em números (rio in numbers) is a valuable source for general numbers and statistics covering a variety of aspects of the city. 

available on vimeo on this page, and created by jarbas agnelli and keith loutit, the video city of samba is a spectacular and beautiful look at rio de janeiro, that we highly recommend.   

on this page, it is possible to read rio de janeiro's state constitution of 1989 in its entirety.