Edmar Bacha
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Edmar Bacha is a Brazilian economist known for his influential role in designing and implementing major economic reforms, including Brazil’s Real Plan to stabilize the currency and control hyperinflation.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Edmar Bacha canonical | 1 |
| Edmar Lisboa Bacha | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9575204 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edmar Bacha Context triple: [Plano Real, keyPerson, Edmar Bacha]
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A.
Waldir Azevedo
Waldir Azevedo was a Brazilian composer and virtuoso cavaquinho player best known for popularizing the choro genre with pieces like "Brasileirinho."
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B.
Waltercio Caldas
Waltercio Caldas is a Brazilian contemporary artist known for his minimalist, conceptual sculptures and installations that explore perception, space, and the relationship between objects and viewers.
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C.
Jorge Machado Moreira
Jorge Machado Moreira was a prominent Brazilian modernist architect and urban planner known for his influential role in mid-20th-century Brazilian architecture.
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D.
Paulo Raimundo
Paulo Raimundo is a Portuguese politician who serves as a prominent contemporary leader of the Portuguese Communist Party.
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E.
Salvio Pacheco
Salvio Pacheco was a 19th-century Californio ranchero and landowner whose legacy includes the founding and namesake of the city of Pacheco, California.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edmar Bacha Target entity description: Edmar Bacha is a Brazilian economist known for his influential role in designing and implementing major economic reforms, including Brazil’s Real Plan to stabilize the currency and control hyperinflation.
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A.
Waldir Azevedo
Waldir Azevedo was a Brazilian composer and virtuoso cavaquinho player best known for popularizing the choro genre with pieces like "Brasileirinho."
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B.
Waltercio Caldas
Waltercio Caldas is a Brazilian contemporary artist known for his minimalist, conceptual sculptures and installations that explore perception, space, and the relationship between objects and viewers.
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C.
Jorge Machado Moreira
Jorge Machado Moreira was a prominent Brazilian modernist architect and urban planner known for his influential role in mid-20th-century Brazilian architecture.
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D.
Paulo Raimundo
Paulo Raimundo is a Portuguese politician who serves as a prominent contemporary leader of the Portuguese Communist Party.
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E.
Salvio Pacheco
Salvio Pacheco was a 19th-century Californio ranchero and landowner whose legacy includes the founding and namesake of the city of Pacheco, California.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Brazilian economist
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economist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in economics ⓘ |
| advisorTo |
Brazilian federal government
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linked to:
Brazilian government
|
| countryOfCitizenship | Brazil ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1942-02-14 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Federal University of Minas Gerais
ⓘ
Yale University ⓘ |
| employer |
Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES)
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Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA) ⓘ Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro ⓘ |
| era |
20th-century economics
ⓘ
21st-century economics ⓘ |
| familyName | Bacha ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Brazilian economy
ⓘ
development economics ⓘ economics ⓘ macroeconomics ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Edmar ⓘ |
| hasNationality | Brazilian ⓘ |
| knownFor |
designing and implementing major economic reforms in Brazil
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role in controlling hyperinflation in Brazil ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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Portuguese ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Brazilian Academy of Letters
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linked to:
Academia Brasileira de Letras
Brazilian Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| name |
Edmar Lisboa Bacha
ⓘ
linked to:
Edmar Bacha
|
| notableFor |
contributions to stabilization of Brazilian currency
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participation in the design of the Plano Real (Real Plan) ⓘ work on inflation control in Brazil ⓘ |
| notableWork |
papers on inflation and stabilization in Brazil
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studies on Brazilian economic development ⓘ |
| occupation |
economic policy advisor
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economist ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Plano Real ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Lambari, Minas Gerais, Brazil ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
director of the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES)
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director of the Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA) ⓘ president of the Brazilian Association of Graduate Programs in Economics (ANPEC) ⓘ |
| residence |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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linked to:
Rio de Janeiro
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| workLocation |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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linked to:
Rio de Janeiro
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Edmar Bacha Description of subject: Edmar Bacha is a Brazilian economist known for his influential role in designing and implementing major economic reforms, including Brazil’s Real Plan to stabilize the currency and control hyperinflation.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Edmar Bacha