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Celso Furtado
The economist who explained Brazilian underdevelopment through its colonial economy and unequal growth.
The Economic Growth of Brazil · Development and Underdevelopment
- Born
- 26 July 1920
- Birthplace
- Brazil
- Died
- 20 November 2004
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Celso Furtado
Celso Furtado linked economic history to practical development policy. He helped shape Latin American structuralism and efforts to develop Brazil’s poorer northeast.
Early life
Paraíba
Grew up in Brazil’s semi-arid northeast.
Studies
Trained in law before earning a doctorate in economics in Paris.
Career
- 1949
United Nations
Joined the Economic Commission for Latin America.
- 1959
Regional development
Became the first head of SUDENE, the northeast development agency.
- 1962
Planning minister
Became Brazil’s first minister of planning.
- 1986
Culture minister
Returned to government after exile and academic work in France.
Books & initiatives
The Economic Growth of Brazil
Traces the structures underlying Brazil’s economy.
Development and Underdevelopment
Explores uneven development as a historical relationship.
The Myth of Economic Development
Questions the universal promise of affluent consumption.
Beyond work
Exile
Lived and taught abroad after the 1964 military coup.
Culture
Later served as Brazil’s minister of culture.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Career and work — centrocelsofurtado.org.br ↗Photo: Unknown Unknown. Public domain · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.