UG : Opportunities vs Challenges

• Challenge : Favelas


  • 600 - 1000 favelas
  • 25% of the population live in favelas
  • Unsafe due to landslides
• Challenge : Less ( free ) education


  • Not enough access to higher education --> low skilled jobs
  • Only 50% continue school after 14 years
• Challenge : High crime


  • leads to drug trafficking
• Challenges : Less jobs


  • 20% of people unemployed
  • Most jobs mainly in the informal sector --> most jobs are poorly an irregularly paid
• Challenge : Less clean water

  • 12% of the population has no access to running water
  • People use rainwater over pipe water
• Challenge : More littering


  • 10,000 tons of waste a day
• Challenge : Traffic 


  • 51% more traffic than New York City
• Challenge : More pollution


  • 6x safe level
• Opportunity : Employment

  • 65% increase in tertiary jobs --> Positive Multiplier Effect
  • More money --> increased Quality of Life
• Opportunity : Healthcare


  • Investment £833 million
• Opportunity : More money made


  • GDP £6,300
• Opportunity : Funding


  • Funding for services ( education ) , for example in the Rocinha favela
• Opportunity : Power Plant


  • Rubbish powering 1,000 homes from power plant set up
• Opportunity : Infrastructure


  • 36 stops added to the metro system