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Celso Furtado: The Struggles of an Economist

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This short article describes the life and times of the Brazilian economist Celso Furtado (1920–2004). It underlines the four major periods of his activities and evolving thought: as head of the Division of Development at the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), in Santiago de Chile; in the Northeast of Brazil, where he became a man of action as head of the Sudene (Superintendency for the Development of the Northeast), a governmental agency to foster development in this region; during his long exile in France as a professor of economics; and his return to Brazil to be minister of culture, then becoming a major political and moral point of reference in the country. The article also highlights his main contributions to the theory of underdevelopment, to the economic history and regional problems of Brazil, and to the cultural dimension of development.

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  • Rosa Freire d’Aguiar, 2014. "Celso Furtado: The Struggles of an Economist," International Journal of Political Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 43(4), pages 7-14, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:mes:ijpoec:v:43:y:2014:i:4:p:7-14
    DOI: 10.1080/08911916.2014.1002686
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