Oral history interview with Celso Furtado, 2000
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- Name
- Furtado, Celso (Interviewee)
- Emmerij, Louis (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Celso Furtado, 2000
- Abstract
- Born 1920 in Pombal, Brazil. Education: Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, University of Paris, Cambridge University. Career: Brazilian Expeditionary Force in WWII; UN Economic Commission for Latin American and the Caribbean (CEPAL); Director of Brazilian Development Bank; Brazilian Minister of Planning; planned Superintendency for the Development of the Northeast (Sudene); co-founder of UN Conf erence on Trade and Development (UNCTAD); Brazilian ambassador to the European Economic Community (EEC); Brazilian Minister of Culture. Themes: technology and economic advancement; debate over regional economic integration of Brazil; influence of CEPAL in Brazil; problem of underdevelopment; early intellectual vitality of CEPAL; lack of Latin American government support for CEPAL; determination to study Brazil; plan for and founding of Sudene; exile after 1964 coup d'etat; UN University in Tokyo project; work on UN Development Programme; globalization versus state sovereignty; broad scope of Commission on Culture and Development; perceived lack of new ideas in UN; effect of Cold War on international economic order; condition of women in the modern world; patriotism as an obstacle to global thought
- Collection Name
- United Nations intellectual history project (UNIHP)
- Subjects
- Technology and civilization; International economic integration; Development economics--Latin America; Brazil Economic policy; Brazil Economic conditions; Furtado, Celso; United Nations Officials and employees; United Nations History; United Nations. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean; United Nations Development Programme; World Food Programme; United Nations Institute for Training and Research; Brazil. Superintendência do Desenvolvimento do Nordeste
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 2000
- Note (Biographical)
- United Nations-Economic Commission for Latin America
- Note
- Interviewed by Louis Emmerij on January 7, 2000
- Note (Provenance)
- Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, Gift, 2009
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 13683863
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-ssdn-pq58
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.