Vilmar Faría: Some Materials about His Life and His Work

In this work, the authors present materials about the life and work of Mr. Vilmar Faría, in homage to his memory. The document includes a portrait of his life and two interviews in which Vilmar talked about some of his ideas on development and poverty reduction - fundamental topics for which he worked during all his fruitful life. This paper was presented at the Poverty Reduction and Social Protection Network's Second Meeting held in Washington, D.C. on December 10th and 11th, 2001.