Cleaner streets may be safer streets

A street in Recife, Brazil
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In Central Village, a neighborhood with high crime and unemployment rates, streets were cleaned to recover public spaces.   “Garbage was constantly present in the community. This sent a signal that no one cared about the place; it was an invitation for vandalism,” says Mona Sue-Ho, a social development expert at the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), which implemented the project with World Bank support.