The opinion of Encarnación Moya Recio, PhD in Political Science at USP and researcher at the Centre for Metropolitan Studies

Of the 45 bills passed in the first six months of this year, 11 (nearly one quarter) were related to this theme.

Discussing regional integration and a transportation system that links the cities of Vale is a must, says expert.

Research shows that the federal government has a major influence on the policies of subnational governments, in this case, the municipal administrations.

"The richer the relational universe of favela residents, the greater the chance that they will improve their living conditions," says journalist and social scientist Maria Encarnación Moya Reci, who studied the topic for his doctorate at FFLCH-USP.

“The richer is the relational universe of favela residents, the greater is the chance of they will improve their living conditions”, says the journalist and social scientist Maria Encarnación Moya Recio