*Harvard-MIT Workshop on the Political Economy of Development in Brazil Police Pacification Units as Institutional Bypass: A Case Study of a Promising Strategy to Promote Institutional Reforms for Development Mariana Prado* Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto *Graham Willis* Ph.D. Candidate in Urban Studies and Planning, MIT; Visiting Researcher, Fórum Brasileiro de Segurança Pública; Senior Researcher, Instituto Igarapé *Tuesday, March 12th, 2:00 p.m. Location: MIT, Building E53, 4th Floor, Room 482 (Millikan Room), Cambridge* This event is free and open to the public, and registration is not required. *The Harvard-MIT Workshop on the Political Economy of Development in Brazil is co-sponsored by the DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program and the MIT-Brazil Program.*