Descripción:
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.