There is no place like home: a study of slum housing improvement in Brazil

• Grant number: 19/07673-7
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: September 01, 2019
• End date: August 31, 2021
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Political Science - Public Policies
• Mobility Program: SPRINT - Projetos de pesquisa - Mobilidade
• Principal Investigator: Ciro Biderman
• Grantee: Ciro Biderman
• Principal researcher abroad: Natália Salgado Bueno
• Institution abroad: Emory University, United States
• Host Institution: Escola de Economia de São Paulo (EESP). Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Daniel Ferreira Pereira Gonçalves da Mata
• Associated research grant: 13/15658-1 - Subnational political institutions: a comparative study of Brazilian States, AP.TEM

Abstract

This project establishes a collaboration between team members at Emory University and GetulioVargas Foundation to conducted a randomized controlled trial of slum housing improvement. Inpartnership with the NGO Techo para Mi Vida, we will evaluate the political and well-beingconsequences of slum dwellers who receive a prefabricated house from Techo. This is our firstofficial partnership between the team members at Emory, Getulio Vargas Foundation, and Techo.Therefore, the primary intended outcome of the FAPESP Sprint grant is to provide resources toensure a successful collaboration and the completion of the randomized controlled trial. (AU)