Bachelor’s
degree in Economics from the School of Economics and Administration of the
University of São Paulo.
Professor
of Economics at the School of Business Administration of the Getúlio Vargas
Foundation of São Paulo.
PhD
in Development Sociology from the Philosophy, Sciences and Liberal Arts
School of the University of São Paulo, with specialization studies at the
Institute of Development Studies (IDS) of the University of Sussex, England
in, 1977.
Professor
of Economics at the Catholic University of São Paulo’s (PUC-SP)
Master’s and PhD programs, from 1982 to 1987.
Deputy
Dean of the Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP) from 1984 to 1987.
Budget
Director and Chief of Staff of the São Paulo Municipal Planning Secretariat
from 1989 to 1992.
Member
of the Workers’ Party (PT) Economic Program Coordinating Group in the
1984, 1989 and 1998 Presidential elections.
Economic
Advisor to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from 1993 to 2002, and one
of PT’s Economic Program coordinators in the 2002 Presidential campaign.
Dozens
of articles published in journals such as Revista de Economia Política,
Estudos CEBRAP and Teoria em Debate.
Books
published: "Monopolist Accumulation and Crises in Brazil", Paz e
Terra, 1981; "Brazilian Economic Policy ", Vozes, 1984; "The
Brazil Cost – Myth or Reality ", Vozes, 1997; "Talks with
Brazilian Economists II", Editora 34, 1999, among others.
State
Minister of Planning, Budget and Management, named in January, 2003, post
held until November 2004.
President
of the National Social and Economic Development Bank (BNDES), named in
November 2004, post held until March 2006.
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