[Brazil@Harvard] Cristovam Buarque at Harvard Today

Harvard University Brazil Studies Program at the DRCLAS and Harvard GSAS Brazilian Organization presents Origins of Bolsa Escola and Bolsa Familia Special Event with Senator Cristovam Buarque Senator Buarque holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Sorbonne. He worked at the inter-American Bank of Development and is the former President of the University of Brasília, former governor of Brasília and the former Minister of Education. Currently he is a senator at the Brazilian National Congress, professor at the University of Brasília and a member of the Unesco Education Institute. Senator Buarque is the author of several books including The End of Economics, The Gold Curtain, and Abolishing poverty. Date: Monday, April 20, 2009 Time: 12:15 - 1:45pm Location: CGIS South S-050, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge for more information go to: http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/brazil/events/cristovam -- Marcio Siwi Fellow / Program Officer Brazil Studies Program Harvard University David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies 1730 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA 02138 tel (617) 495-5435 http://drclas.harvard.edu/brazil