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Celso Monteiro Furtado

セルソ・モンテイロ・フトゥアド

Seruso Monteiro Futuado

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1920-07-26 (Pombal, Paraíba)
Died
2004-11-20 (Rio de Janeiro) age 84
Nationality
Brazil
Languages
Portuguese, English, French
Residence History
Pombal, Paraíba → Rio de Janeiro → Paris → Santiago → Cambridge → Yale

Career

Occupations
Economist, Politician, Minister of Planning, Minister of Culture, First Superintendent of Sudene
Active Years
1944-2004
Affiliations
CEPAL, Sudene, BNDES, Brazilian Development Bank
Influenced By
John Maynard Keynes, Raúl Prebisch

Education

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Law Faculty / Law
Degree: 法学士
Period: 1939-1944
Year of Graduation: 1944
Country: Brazil
University of Paris (Sorbonne)
Economics
Degree: 博士
Period: 1946-
Country: France
Thesis on Brazilian colonial economy

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Economic Growth of Brazil: A Survey from Colonial to Modern Times

1959 Economic History

A survey of Brazil's economic growth from colonial to modern times.

DevelopmentUnderdevelopmentStructuralism
Translations
  • English translation available

Bibliography

  • The Economic Growth of Brazil
  • Development and Underdevelopment
  • The Myth of Economic Development

Translations of Works

  • The Economic Growth of Brazil
  • Economic Development of Latin America

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Structuralist economicsAnalytical
Recurring Motifs
Latin American developmentPoverty in peripheral countriesImport substitution industrialization

Legacy

One of the most distinguished Brazilian intellectuals of the 20th century, formulator of economic structuralism.

Archives

  • The International Celso Furtado Center for Development Policies

Trivia

  • Nominated for the Nobel Prize in Economics (citation needed)