The Instituto de Economia da Universidade Estadual de Campinas is an academic unit of the
State University of Campinas, located in the main campus of the University, in
Barão Geraldo,
Campinas,
State of São Paulo,
Brazil.
Originally created as a research institute within the Institute of Philosophy and Human Sciences (IFCH in Portuguese) of the State University of Campinas, it is today one of the most important public policy think-tanks in
economics and related areas in Brazil. It is also a great supplier of policy makers in the country, such as:
Celso Furtado, influential economist in the country,
Aloízio Mercadante (Senator,
SP), Luciano G.Coutinho (recently appointed as chairman of
BNDES
The National Bank for Economic and Social Development ( pt, Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social, abbreviated: BNDES) is a development bank structured as a federal public company associated with the Ministry of the Economy of Bra ...
),
José Serra (governor of
São Paulo) and many others.
It offers one undergraduate major in Economics (BA Economics), many specialization courses (in
Management,
International Relations and
Diplomacy,
Labour Economics and
Banking), and two Masters programs (Development Economics and Economic Theory) and one
Ph.D. program.
Address
Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz
Instituto de Economia
Caixa Postal: 6135 - CEP 13083-970
Campinas - SP - Brasil
External links
Instituto de Economia da Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Research institutes in Brazil
University of Campinas
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