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- Economics
![Sustainable Inclusive Growth? Interpretations for Brazilian Public and Private Administration]( "Sustainable Inclusive Growth? Interpretations for Brazilian Public and Private Administration")
The lecture will be given by Marcelo Neri, FGV director, researcher and founder of the Center for Social Policy (FGV Social), professor at FGV EPGE Brazilian School of Economics and Finance, and former minister of the Secretariat for Strategic Affairs of the Presidency of the Republic.
- Institutional
![Seminar: Gender Issues in Law and Economics]( "Seminar: Gender Issues in Law and Economics")
The event is part of the 'Contemporary Themes' seminar series, held by FGV's EPGE Brazilian School of Economics and Finance (FGV EPGE), which seeks to discuss the main issues of the Brazilian development agenda. In this edition, FGV EPGE Professor Cecília Machado and FGV Rio de Janeiro Law School (FGV Direito Rio) Professor Ligia...
- Administration
![Artificial Intelligence and Digital Transformation in Purchasing]( "Artificial Intelligence and Digital Transformation in Purchasing")
The aim of this event is to discuss how organizations can structure themselves for digital transformations and their insertion in Industry 4.0 in a sustainable way. In this sense, we will discuss the current scenario of the Purchasing areas regarding the preparation for data analysis and management, the possible applicability of...
- Social Sciences
![2nd International Seminar on Post-Abolition Stories in the Atlantic World]( "2nd International Seminar on Post-Abolition Stories in the Atlantic World")
In 2018, we will reach the 130-year mark of the abolition of slavery in Brazil. The date articulates a series of meanings attributed, questioned and disputed by different social subjects of the past and the present; offering sufficient reasons for holding wide public debates about it. The scenario also allows reflections to go beyond...
- Administration
![Uberification: Ability to use available assets in a shared economy]( "Uberification: Ability to use available assets in a shared economy")
The purpose of the event is to discuss to which assets the concept of shared economy could be applied and what the contribution to the Value Chains would be, present current practical applications of the concept, and debate, within the Brazilian context, which are the easiest to implement.
- Public Policy
![Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court reappoints FGV director to Advisory Board on Internet and Elections]( "Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court reappoints FGV director to Advisory Board on Internet and Elections")
Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court (TSE) updated the composition of the Advisory Board on the Internet and Elections through an ordinance published in the Brazilian Federal Register on March 21. With that, the director of FGV’s Department of Public Policy Analysis (DAPP), Marco Aurelio...
- Administration
![FGV welcomes applications for Academic Master’s and PhD programs in Administration]( "FGV welcomes applications for Academic Master’s and PhD programs in Administration")
FGV’s Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (EBAPE) is welcoming applications for the Academic Master’s and PhD in Administration programs, until July 2. With grade 7 – the highest score according to the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (Capes) – the programs offer...
- Economics
![Brazil Job market: Leading Indicator of Employment drops in March]( "Brazil Job market: Leading Indicator of Employment drops in March")
The Leading Indicator of Employment (LIEmp), developed by FGV’s Brazilian Institute of Economics (IBRE), dropped 1.9 points in March, down to 107.7 points – offsetting last month’s increase. Despite the drop, the indicator maintained a rising trend in quarterly moving averages (0.2 point).
“The leading indicator of...
- Law
![Brazilian officials meet at OECD’s head office in Paris]( "Brazilian officials meet at OECD’s head office in Paris")
FGV Projetos held a meeting on March 29, at the head office of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), in Paris, with the unit’s directors, OECD representatives, authorities from Brazil’s Judiciary Branch and the country’s Embassy in France. The purpose of the meeting...
- Law
![Taxation of digital goods and taxation of games in Brazil]( "Taxation of digital goods and taxation of games in Brazil")
The roundtable will discuss the challenges imposed by ICMS Agreement 106/2017, regarding the taxation of digital goods. The taxation of games in Brazil will also be discussed, as well as the possibility of assessing contributory capacity in the context of virtual games.
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- Economics
![Brazil inflation for seniors rises above accrued CPI-BR rate in 1Q18]( "Brazil inflation for seniors rises above accrued CPI-BR rate in 1Q18")
The Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-3i), calculated by FGV’s Brazilian Institute of Economics (IBRE) – measuring consumer good variations in households composed primarily of individuals aged 60 or older – showed a variation of 0.89% in the first quarter of 2018. The CPI-3i was up 3.30% year-over-year. With this result, the...
- Public Policy
![Bot use is discussed at International Security Conference prep meeting]( "Bot use is discussed at International Security Conference prep meeting")
Last Thursday, April 05, FGV’s Department of Public Policy Analysis (DAPP) participated in the 1st preparatory meeting for the 2018 Copacabana Fort International Security Conference, held at the Brazilian Ministry of Defense in Brasilia. DAPP Director Marco Aurelio Ruediger gave a...
- Energy
![Energy sector experts commence 2018 Advisory Board meetings]( "Energy sector experts commence 2018 Advisory Board meetings")
FGV Energy held the 2nd Advisory Board meeting on April 5. The purpose of the event was to discuss the energy sector in general and the economy’s impacts, in addition to proposing new research ideas.
The meeting started with a lecture by professor Samuel Pessoa, researcher from FGV’s Brazilian Institute of...
- Law
![Limits of advertising to children on YouTube is discussed at event]( "Limits of advertising to children on YouTube is discussed at event")
Unlike what happens in traditional media, there are no specific rules for children’s advertising online. On March 27, experts from Procon, Instituto Brasileiro de Defesa do Consumidor (Idec), Instituto Alana, Cásper Líbero, and Pereira Neto Advogados gathered at FGV’s Sao Paulo...
- Administration
![FGV’s international director attends IASIA and IIAS board meetings in Brussels]( "FGV’s international director attends IASIA and IIAS board meetings in Brussels")
The meetings of the Board of Management of the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA) and the Board of Directors of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS) were held on March 19 and 23, in Brussels. FGV’s International Director and President of IASIA...
- Economics
![Brazil Consumer Price Index records higher inflation in first week of April]( "Brazil Consumer Price Index records higher inflation in first week of April")
Calculated by FGV’s Brazilian Institute of Economics (IBRE), the Weekly Consumer Price Index (IPC-S) on April 7 varied 0.31% – 0.14 percentage point (p.p.) above the last published rate.
Six of the eight expense categories that comprise the index recorded a higher price variation. The Food group was the...
- Economics
![Atlantic challenges discussed during second phase of project held at FGV]( "Atlantic challenges discussed during second phase of project held at FGV")
FGV’s International Intelligence Unit (IIU) held the “International Trade and Economy Conference” and the “Seminar for Young Researchers and Students” from March 21 - 23, in Rio de Janeiro, both under the Jean Monnet Network on Atlantic Studies project. These initiatives are part of the second...
- Energy
![Publication on Brazilian Oil and Gas sector development to be released in Rio]( "Publication on Brazilian Oil and Gas sector development to be released in Rio")
On Tuesday, April 24, at 9 a.m., FGV Energy will launch the Journal of Industrial Metrics for the Development of the Brazilian Oil and Gas Sector, at FGV’s main office in Rio de Janeiro. This edition was written by researchers Baiena Feijolo, Eduardo Santiago Rossetti, Felipe Gonçalves, Fernanda Delgado, João Augusto Pereira Batista,...
- Social Sciences
![International circulation of Brazilian sports teams abroad: football team tours between 1945 and 1974]( "International circulation of Brazilian sports teams abroad: football team tours between 1945 and 1974")
Lecture by French researcher, prof. Clément Astruc, Ph.D. from the Sorbonne and the Institute for Higher Studies in Latin America (IHEAL).
He will present his research on Brazilian soccer teams that participated in competitions and friendly matches abroad between the 1940s and 1970s.
- Economics
![Proposed reforms to unleash Brazil: Agribusiness in the country’s development agenda]( "Proposed reforms to unleash Brazil: Agribusiness in the country’s development agenda")
Brazil is facing its greatest political and economic crisis since the 1980s. Faced with this situation, FGV EESP is organizing a series of events where several professors can present their proposals in an objective way for Brazil to grow again in a sustainable way, with equity and balance of powers, opening the debate with society....
