Celso Furtado and Development: a brief outline (1950-2004)

Abstract

The main purpose of the following text is to attempt to give a brief review or outline of the works and ideas of Celso Furtado in relation to development. In order to limit the work to a reasonable length, I have sought to emphasize only those moments I believe were crucial in his thought process, in the hope that Anglo-Saxon readers will appreciate the importance of his ideas related to the “development” of Latin America during the 1960s and 1970s, and perhaps deem them appropriate again for the future of the region.