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| Luciano Coutinho | |
|---|---|
| Name | Luciano Coutinho |
| Birth date | 1948 |
| Birth place | Salvador, Bahia, Brazil |
| Occupation | Economist, Professor, Policy-maker |
| Alma mater | Universidade Federal da Bahia; University of Campinas; University of Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne |
| Known for | Leadership of Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada; contributions to industrial policy and development economics |
Luciano Coutinho is a Brazilian economist and academic known for his leadership of the Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (Ipea) and his influence on industrial policy in Brazil. He has held faculty positions at major Brazilian universities and advised governments and international organizations on development, industrialization, and public policy. Coutinho's work bridges scholarship and policy, engaging with debates involving macroeconomic stabilization, trade liberalization, industrial strategy, and innovation policy.
Born in Salvador, Bahia, he pursued undergraduate studies at the Universidade Federal da Bahia and advanced training at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP). He completed graduate work at the University of Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne, studying under scholars associated with structuralist and development traditions linked to figures such as Celso Furtado and academic networks that include Raúl Prebisch, Ignacio Rangel, and Albert Hirschman. His formative education connected him to Brazilian and Latin American intellectual milieus that intersect with institutions like the Fundação Getulio Vargas and research centers including Centro de Estudos Monetários e Financeiros.
Coutinho served as a professor and researcher at UNICAMP and held positions at the Universidade Estadual de Campinas and visiting posts associated with the Institute of Development Studies and universities such as Harvard University, University of Oxford, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and London School of Economics. He has been affiliated with Brazilian research networks including the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) and the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES). His academic collaborations linked him to scholars from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the World Bank, and the Inter-American Development Bank, and he participated in conferences convened by institutions like the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the International Labour Organization (ILO).
Coutinho has advised administrations and ministers connected to the Ministry of Finance (Brazil), the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade (Brazil), and the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES). He engaged with policymaking processes influenced by administrations such as those of Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and Dilma Rousseff, and collaborated with figures from the Ministry of Planning (Brazil) and agencies like the Central Bank of Brazil. Internationally, he worked with delegations to the World Trade Organization, participated in dialogues with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and interacted with policymakers from Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Portugal, and South Africa.
As head of Ipea, Coutinho oversaw research agendas connecting the institute to agencies such as the Ministry of Economy (Brazil), the National Congress of Brazil, and municipal governments including São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Under his leadership, Ipea produced policy studies in collaboration with international partners like the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Ipea’s outputs under his tenure addressed issues linking industrial policy to trade negotiations involving the Mercosur bloc, bilateral relations with the European Union, and regional integration efforts with the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR).
Coutinho advocates for active industrial policy and strategic state intervention, engaging with literatures and debates associated with Keynesian economics, structuralism, and developmentalism as represented by Celso Furtado and Raúl Prebisch. He critiqued aspects of neoliberal reforms promoted during the Washington Consensus era and articulated alternatives in dialogue with scholars from Paul Krugman to Ha-Joon Chang. His work addressed themes like import substitution industrialization, technological capability building, and innovation systems, interacting intellectually with institutions such as the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI), the Brazilian Innovation Agency (FINEP), and enterprises represented by the Confederação Nacional da Indústria (CNI). He engaged with macroeconomic policy debates involving currency regimes like the Real Plan and reforms associated with fiscal frameworks debated in the Congress of the Republic.
Coutinho authored and edited books, monographs, and policy papers published through UNICAMP presses, Ipea series, and academic journals such as the Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, World Development, and the Journal of Development Studies. His writings discuss industrial policy, public investment, and development strategy alongside contributions by authors like Lia Valls and Bresser-Pereira. He participated in edited volumes with scholars from the London School of Economics and the University of São Paulo, and his studies were cited in reports by the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank.
Coutinho received recognitions from Brazilian institutions including the Academia Brasileira de Ciências and honors linked to municipal and state governments such as awards from Bahia cultural bodies. He was invited to be part of advisory councils connected to the Presidential Office (Brazil), consultative panels at the United Nations, and academic prizes administered by CAPES and CNPq. His career has been acknowledged by universities and think tanks including UNICAMP, the Fundação Getulio Vargas, and the Institute of Applied Economic Research.
Category:Brazilian economists Category:1948 births Category:Living people