Citizen Security in Brazil: Progress and Challenges
Brazil is a key country in the hemisphere-wide debate over how to improve citizen security, not only for the complexity of the problem but also because of the varied and innovative efforts by local and state governments as well as civil society organizations to improving citizen security. The World Cup has focused renewed attention on citizen security issues in Brazil; but Brazil’s challenges go far beyond concerns for the security of millions of Brazilians and an estimated 300,000 foreign tourists that are expected for the World Cup. This event explored recent efforts to promote citizen security in Brazil’s urban areas, including the attempts to build more peaceful communities from the ground up.
Speakers
Eduarda La Rocque Instituto Pereira Pasos Prefeitura Rio
Erica Machado United Nations Development Program
Mauricio Moura George Washington University and Harvard University
José Luiz Ratton Federal University of Pernambuco
Robson Rodrigues Igarapé Institute
Dino Caprirolo Inter-American Development Bank, Brazil
Presentations from the event are available for download below.
*Erica Machado's presentation available to view via Prezi here
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Latin America Program
The Wilson Center’s prestigious Latin America Program provides non-partisan expertise to a broad community of decision makers in the United States and Latin America on critical policy issues facing the Hemisphere. The Program provides insightful and actionable research for policymakers, private sector leaders, journalists, and public intellectuals in the United States and Latin America. To bridge the gap between scholarship and policy action, it fosters new inquiry, sponsors high-level public and private meetings among multiple stakeholders, and explores policy options to improve outcomes for citizens throughout the Americas. Drawing on the Wilson Center’s strength as the nation’s key non-partisan policy forum, the Program serves as a trusted source of analysis and a vital point of contact between the worlds of scholarship and action. Read more
Brazil Institute
The Brazil Institute—the only country-specific policy institution focused on Brazil in Washington—aims to deepen understanding of Brazil’s complex landscape and strengthen relations between Brazilian and US institutions across all sectors. Read more