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Celso Furtado | |
|---|---|
 Celso Furtado in 1962 | |
| Minister of Planning | |
| In office 28 September 1962 – 31 March 1964 | |
| President | João Goulart |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Roberto Campos |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 July 1920 Pombal, Paraíba, Brazil |
| Died | 20 November 2004 (aged 84) Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Alma mater | University of Paris |
| Academic career | |
| Field | Economics |
| Institution | University of Cambridge, CEPAL, Sudene, Cabinet of Brazil, University of Paris |
| School or tradition | Structuralist economics |
| Influences | John Maynard Keynes, Raúl Prebisch |
Celso Monteiro Furtado (July 26, 1920 – November 20, 2004) was a Brazilian economist and one of the most distinguished intellectuals of the 20th century.[1] His work focuses on development and underdevelopment and on the persistence of poverty in peripheral countries throughout the world. He is viewed, along with Raúl Prebisch, as one of the main formulators of economic structuralism, an economics school that is largely identified with CEPAL, which achieved prominence in Latin America and other developing regions during the 1960s and 1970s and sought to stimulate economic development through governmental intervention, largely inspired on the views of John Maynard Keynes. As a politician, Furtado was appointed Minister of Planning (Goulart government) and Minister of Culture (Sarney government).
- ^ Romero, Simon (November 26, 2004). "Celso Furtado, 84, Influential Brazilian Economist, Dies". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 20, 2015. Retrieved June 19, 2014.