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Law
Event discusses solutions to the public safety and prison system crisis in Brazil
The first weeks of 2018 were marked by three riots in the Brazilian prison system. The tragic deaths were a flashback of 2017, when more than 100 inmates were killed. In an effort to understand the role of the Executive and Judiciary Branches amidst the public safety and prison system crisis, FGV’s Rio de Janeiro Law School (...
Administration
Graduate Seminars 2018, with Solon Moreira (IESE Business School)
The Graduate Seminars program, run by FGV's Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (EBAPE), will hold this seminar to discuss the article "Learning-By-Being-Acquired: Post-Acquisition R&D Team Reorganization and Innovation Capability Building". The article will be presented by Prof. Solon Moreira, professor at ...
Economics
Challenges of regulating financial markets in Europe and in Brazil
Event organized by FGV's Brazilian Institute of Economics (FGV IBRE)
Seminar sponsored by the Center for Monetary Studies, FGV IBRE
Several years after severe shocks hit financial markets in a large number of countries, with direct consequences felt in many others, central banks and other...
Institutional
Interdisciplinary course addresses economic and legal aspects of company valuations
FGV’s Sao Paulo School of Economics (EESP) and Sao Paulo Law School (Direito SP) will offer a joint discipline on company valuation for undergraduate students. The purpose of this partnership between the schools is to bolster the interdisciplinary approach within FGV’s education framework.
The Valuation ...
Economics
Economic outlook for Brazilian agribusiness is debated in Sao Paulo
Brazil's main economic driver in 2017, agribusiness, will be back at the center of debate during the 1st Seminar of Challenges and Prospects for the Brazilian Agribusiness Sector, to be held on March 16, at 9:20 a.m., in Sao Paulo. Held by FGV’s Revista Conjuntura Econômica [Brazilian Economy Magazine] and FGV'...
Economics
Innovative methodology publication wins Banking Economy award from Febraban
Professor Benjamin Miranda Tabak, from FGV’s School of Public Policies and Government (EPPG), along with co-authors Thiago Silva and Solange Guerra, both from the Central Bank of Brazil, won the INFI-Febraban Banking Economy Award. The study ranked first in the academic papers category.
Titled “...
Law
Brazilians view Maria da Penha Act as ineffective, survey reveals
In the month that celebrates women’s rights, the Confidence in Brazilian Justice Index (ICJBrasil), developed by FGV’s Sao Paulo Law School (Direito SP), examined aspects related to the Maria da Penha Act. The law was passed in 2006 to bolster protection mechanisms for women against domestic and family violence...
Law
Ministry of Public Security and Federal Intervention: the role of the Executive and Judiciary powers in solving the crisis of the prison system
The first weeks of 2018 were marked by three rebellions in the Brazilian prison system. Tragic deaths repeated the year of 2017, when more than 100 detainees were killed. These were not once-off jail crises, since the country has faced cycles of rebellion and massacres in prisons for decades. In addition to the deaths, daily life...
Law
Consumer Day Workshop: 30 Years of the 1988 Constitution
The event is one of the results of a research project developed by the Center for Research in Law and Economics (CPDE) and seeks to present applied research results to the public, in order to produce debates and reflections.
Administration
Graduate Seminars 2018, with Mathew Chylinski (University of South Wales Business School)
Mathew Chylinski, Professor of Marketing at the New South Wales University Business School in Australia, will participate in the Graduate Seminars program run by FGV's Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (FGV EBAPE). The professor is spending a part of his sabbatical at FGV EBAPE, and will present the article "...
Administration
Seminar: Pension Reform in Brazil
FGV Projetos will hold the seminar under the scientific and academic coordination of the Minister of the Federal Audit Court, Benjamin Zymler.
The objective of the event is to discuss the reform project being debated in the National Congress and its impact on the future of the country, in view of the development of society,...
Economics
Brazil IGP-M rises in first preliminary results for March
The General Market Price Index (IGP-M), calculated by FGV’s Brazilian Institute of Economics (IBRE), rose 0.60% in the first ten-day period of March. The index rose 0.16% in the same period of the previous month.
The Broad Producer Price Index (IPA) recorded a 0.83% increase in the first ten-day period in January. The...
Administration
Portuguese initiative seeks new solutions to improve public services
Invited by the Minister of the Presidency and Administrative Modernization, Maria Manuel de Lemos Leitão Marques, the professor from FGV’s Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (EBAPE), Alketa Peci, and USP professor, Paula Andrea Forgioni, visited the Experimentation Lab for Public Administration...
Economics
Brazilian job market: Leading Indicator of Employment reaches highest level in the series
The Leading Indicator of Employment (LIEmp), calculated by FGV’s Brazilian Institute of Economics (IBRE), rose 1.9 points in February, totaling 109.6 points – the highest level in the series. This points to a potentially faster recovery in the job market over the next few months.
“The optimism...
Public Policy
Study profiles Venezuelan immigrants and indicates public policies for insertion in Brazil
A survey by FGV’s Department of Public Policy Analysis (DAPP) profiles the group of Venezuelan immigrants that started emigrating after the defeat of President Nicolás Maduro in parliamentary elections, based on official data that often goes against common sense. The city of Pacaraima, approximately 200 km away...
Institutional
7th FGV/FIFA/CIES Sports Management Seminar
Sports need to be attentive to the transformations of society.
Millennials will discuss the main challenges and opportunities for Sports Management.
Law
News involving the collection of federal tax credit
FGV's Sao Paulo Law School (FGV Direito SP) will discuss the recent changes introduced by Law 13606/18 regarding the collection of the federal tax credit in Brazil. The objective of the event is to analyze the new collection model proposed by the National Treasury and the impacts of these changes in tax execution, which involves the...
Economics
Proposed Reforms to unleash Brazil: Social Security Reform in Brazil
Brazil is facing its greatest political and economic crisis since the 1980s. Given this situation, FGV's Sao Paulo School of Economics (FGV EESP) is organizing a series of events where several professors present their proposals in an objective way for Brazil to grow again in a sustainable way, with equity and balance of powers,...
Law
Fake News and Democracy
Event by FGV's Sao Paulo Law School (FGV Direito SP), with the objective of discussing the phenomenon of fake news and its relationship with freedom of speech and democratic political debate.
Economics
Measuring the incentive to collude: the vitamin cartels, 1990-1999
Research Seminars offered by FGV's EPGE Brazilian School of Economics and Finance (FGV EPGE), where academic articles are presented.
Professor Mitsuru Igami (Yale University) will present the study on “Measuring the incentive to collude: the vitamin cartels, 1990-1999”.
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