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- Administration
![Female Investors & Entrepreneurial Women: The Two New Faces of Contemporary Brazil]( "Female Investors & Entrepreneurial Women: The Two New Faces of Contemporary Brazil")
There is a notable increase in the presence of women in economic environments. Entrepreneurship and the agents who finance them are no different. Yet despite the progress, there are still barriers to be broken when it comes to market insertion, capital raising, career advancement, equal pay and the construction of an economic...
- Economics
![Reform Program: Macroeconomic Policy for a Sustainable Economic Recovery]( "Reform Program: Macroeconomic Policy for a Sustainable Economic Recovery")
Brazil is facing its greatest political and economic crisis since the 1980s. Given the 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.
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- Law
![Innovative initiative disseminates economic impact of legal decisions]( "Innovative initiative disseminates economic impact of legal decisions")
Supported by FGV’s Applied Research and Knowledge Network, FGV’s Rio de Janeiro Law School (Direito Rio) has kicked off a project that involves analyzing and discussing the expected effects of legal rulings and regulations on the behavior of economic agents, among other propositions. The purpose of this innovative initiative...
- Administration
![Experts discuss corporate governance and business integrity]( "Experts discuss corporate governance and business integrity")
As the subject of ‘compliance’ has become extremely relevant, both among institutions and the general media, the troubled scenario of corruption scandals has definitely helped heat up debate surrounding this matter. To address the subject, alumni of FGV’s Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (EBAPE) and the...
- Regulation
![Experts discuss Brazilian energy market framework]( "Experts discuss Brazilian energy market framework")
Supported by the World Bank, FGV’s Center for Regulation and Infrastructure Studies (CERI) held the Thematic Workshop "Brazilian Energy Market Framework" on January 23. The meeting is set in the context of the initiative of the Ministry of Mines and Energy to submit the following documents to public...
- Economics
![Carnival in Brazil is more expensive this year]( "Carnival in Brazil is more expensive this year")
Revelers will soon realize that products and services are a little more expensive during Carnival in Brazil this year. The average inflation for the most consumed items during festivities stood at 5.32% between February 2017 and January this year, above the inflation rate of 3.22% for the period, according to the...
- Public Policy
![Violence in Rio de Janeiro sparks online debate]( "Violence in Rio de Janeiro sparks online debate")
This year, FGV’s Department of Public Policy Analysis (DAPP) started a series of publications that breaks down debate on social networks regarding relevant public safety issues. The goal is to use social network monitoring to gauge popular perception regarding the events, generating additional data that is not...
- Energy
![RenovaBio: seminar addresses next steps in transforming Brazil’s energy matrix]( "RenovaBio: seminar addresses next steps in transforming Brazil’s energy matrix")
In order to answer questions and provide clarifications regarding regulation of the RenovaBio program, launched in 2016 by the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME), FGV Energy, the National Petroleum Agency (ANP), and the Energy Research Office (EPE), held the event ‘RenovaBio – Next Steps’ on...
- Economics
![Profitability of commercial property in Brazil is slowly on the rise]( "Profitability of commercial property in Brazil is slowly on the rise")
The General Index for the Commercial Real Estate Market (IGMI-C), calculated by FGV’s Brazilian Institute of Economics (IBRE) for the fourth quarter of 2017, showed income return, capital return, and total return rates of 1.75%, 0.15%, and 1.89%, respectively, compared to the previous quarter. The capital return rate showed a positive variation...
- Administration
![Award honors contribution by civil servants towards Brazil’s development]( "Award honors contribution by civil servants towards Brazil’s development")
With the goal of recognizing and awarding relevant contributions by civil servants towards Brazil's Development, Instituto República and Associação Agenda Brasil do Futuro are receiving registrations for the first edition of the Espírito Público [Public Spirit] Award until March 25....
- Economics
![Consumer price inflation advances in Brazil]( "Consumer price inflation advances in Brazil")
Published on January 31 by FGV’s Brazilian Institute of Economics (IBRE), the Weekly Consumer Price Index (IPC-S) showed a variation of 0.69% – 0.10 percentage point (p.p.) above the last published rate. With this result, the 12-month variation in the index was 3.22%.
Four of the eight expense categories that comprise...
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- Institutional
![FGV is 7th best think tank worldwide]( "FGV is 7th best think tank worldwide")
Fundação Getulio Vargas is the 7th best think tank worldwide. The 2017 Global Go To Think Tanks Index released today, February 2, by the University of Pennsylvania placed FGV among the top 10 think tanks worldwide for the second year in a row – two places higher than the last assessment in 2016. With this result, the institution tops...
- Economics
![Brazil Business Confidence climbs and records seventh consecutive high]( "Brazil Business Confidence climbs and records seventh consecutive high")
The Business Confidence Index (ICE), calculated by FGV’s Brazilian Institute of Economics (IBRE), rose 1.5 points in January to 94.9 points. After the seventh consecutive increase, the index reached its highest level since April 2014 (95.5 points).
“Business confidence is starting the year off high and...
- Institutional
![FGV attends ISCTE-IUL’s 45th anniversary celebration in Lisbon]( "FGV attends ISCTE-IUL’s 45th anniversary celebration in Lisbon")
FGV’s International Director, professor Bianor Cavalcanti, represented Fundação Getulio Vargas during the academic ceremony and event celebrating the 45th anniversary of the University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL), held in Lisbon.
Despite its young age, the institution has been consolidated in recent years...
- Administration
![Lecture debates bank competition and limits of creditor’s protection reforms]( "Lecture debates bank competition and limits of creditor’s protection reforms")
FGV’s Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (EBAPE) will welcome professor Klenio Barbosa (Insper) as guest lecturer on February 7. During the meeting, which is part of the Graduate Seminars series, the professor will present the study titled “Bank Competition and the Limits of Creditor’s Protection...
- Administration
![Study reveals that state equity ownership increases R&D spending in companies]( "Study reveals that state equity ownership increases R&D spending in companies")
An unprecedented study on the relationship between state equity ownership and research and development (R&D) spending in companies was presented during the international “Strategic Management Society Special Conference - Collaborative Strategies: New thinking about Alliances, Mergers, and Acquisitions”,...
- Administration
![Study gauges impact of parliamentary amendments on development of Brazilian municipalities]( "Study gauges impact of parliamentary amendments on development of Brazilian municipalities")
Local policies in the form of amendments to the annual budget by congresspersons are traditionally associated with inefficiency, clientelism, patronage, and corruption. A recent study on the subject by Carlos Pereira, a professor at FGV’s Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (...
- Social Sciences
![FGV Press publishes book on anthropologist Roquette-Pinto]( "FGV Press publishes book on anthropologist Roquette-Pinto")
Em busca do Brasil: Edgard Roquette-Pinto e o retrato antropológico brasileiro (1905-1935) [Searching for Brazil: Edgard Roquette-Pinto and the Brazilian anthropological scenario (1905-1935)], jointly published by FGV Press and FIOCRUZ, breaks down the history and work of Roquette-...
- Economics
![Despite high prices, school supplies should not affect budgets in Brazil]( "Despite high prices, school supplies should not affect budgets in Brazil")
The average price variation of school supplies and transport items in Brazil remained below inflation. The survey held by FGV’s Brazilian Institute of Economics (IBRE) for February 2017 to January 2018 showed an average increase of 1.60% compared to last year – below the Consumer Price Index (CPI-10),...
