Underdevelopment and duldrums in Latin America, a book of Celso Furtado: analysis of its contribution and importance

• Grant number: 11/18310-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: May 01, 2012
• End date: September 30, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Economics - Economic Theory
• Principal Investigator: Mauricio Chalfin Coutinho
• Grantee: Lia Rolnik de Almeida
• Host Institution: Instituto de Economia (IE). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The project´s main objective is to deepen the understanding of one of the less acquainted works of Celso Furtado - the book Underdevelopment and Stagnation in Latin America, both from the point of view of its importance in Celso Furtado´s history and work and his theory of underdevelopment, as from its association with other contemporary Latin American economy thinkers. In addition, the project intends to understand why Furtado reached a diagnosis of stagnation in a decade of overall growth. The study will be done through readings, notes, reviews, and interviews, which will be consolidated in the final text.(AU)