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![IGP-M rises 2.94% in March]( "IGP-M rises 2.94% in March")
The General Price Index – Market (IGP-M) rose 2.94% in March 2021, according to Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Brazilian Institute of Economics (FGV IBRE). As a result, the index is up 8.26% this year and 31.10% in the last 12 months. In March 2020, the indicator was up 1.24% in the year to date and up 6.81% in the previous 12 months.
“All IGP...
- Economics
![Amazon Dialogues: webinar discusses challenges for sustainable development in the Amazon]( "Amazon Dialogues: webinar discusses challenges for sustainable development in the Amazon")
Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Sao Paulo School of Economics (FGV EESP) will hold a free webinar on Monday, March 5, at 7 pm, called “Challenges for Sustainable Development in the Amazon.” Ricardo Salles, the environment minister, and Wilson Périco, the president of the Amazonas State Center of Industry (CIEAM), will be the speakers. The moderators...
- Law
![New book addresses penal aspects of regulation]( "New book addresses penal aspects of regulation")
Professor Thiago Bottino of Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Rio de Janeiro Law School has just launched a book called “Penal Aspects of Regulation − Volume III.” Bottino, who has extensive experience in teaching criminal law, organized a series of articles by Brazilian and foreign professionals about regulation of the criminal justice...
- Public Policy
![FGV launches report about social and environmental impacts of BR-319’s resurfacing]( "FGV launches report about social and environmental impacts of BR-319’s resurfacing")
The Human Rights and Companies Center (FGV CeDHE) at Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Sao Paulo Law School has just launched a report titled Highways and Social and Environmental Impacts: the case of BR-319. The study is part of “Promoting Transparency and Territorial Governance in the Context of Road Development in the Brazilian...
- Public Policy
![Communications advisor to BNDES’ president discusses new digital communication and large companies]( "Communications advisor to BNDES’ president discusses new digital communication and large companies")
On March 30, at 6 pm, Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Department of Public Policy Analysis (FGV DAPP) will hold a webinar called “Large Companies and the Digital Communication.” Danilo Fariello, communications advisor to BNDES’ president, will be the main speaker in this debate about transformations in institutional communication and its main...
- Administration
![Women’s involvement in technology is subject of webinar]( "Women’s involvement in technology is subject of webinar")
On Wednesday, March 31, the Center for Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Studies (FGVcemif) at Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Sao Paulo School of Business Administration will hold a free webinar on the subject of Women in Technology: from Discourse to Practice. The event will be broadcast live on FGV’s YouTube channel, starting at 2 pm.
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- Public Policy
![Director of FGV DAPP participates in ParlAmericas event about disinformation]( "Director of FGV DAPP participates in ParlAmericas event about disinformation")
The director of Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Department of Public Policy Analysis (FGV DAPP), Professor Marco Ruediger, participated in the fifth Gathering of the ParlAmericas Open Parliament Network on Friday, March 19. He gave a talk about disinformation and its most important manifestations, based on a vision of international best practices to...
- Public Policy
![FGV holds webinar to launch Brazilian Transport Journal]( "FGV holds webinar to launch Brazilian Transport Journal")
On March 30, FGV Transport will hold a webinar to launch the Brazilian Transport Journal, an exclusively digital publication aimed at researchers, professors, students, professionals and scholars interested in the fields of transportation, logistics and urban mobility. The event will be broadcast on FGV’s...
- Law
![FGV launches program to support Master’s in Law and Development applicants]( "FGV launches program to support Master’s in Law and Development applicants")
In order to increase the diversity of students and mitigate obstacles to joining the Academic Master’s in Law and Development at Fundação Getulio Vargas’ São Paulo Law School, the program’s coordinators will run a Support and Diversity Program this year.
The program will offer training in law and development, research methodologies and...
- Public Policy
![100 years of journalism: editorial director of Folha de S.Paulo talks about changes in profession]( "100 years of journalism: editorial director of Folha de S.Paulo talks about changes in profession")
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Folha de S. Paulo, Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Department of Public Policy Analysis (FGV DAPP) has invited journalist Sérgio Dávila, the editorial director of this newspaper, which is one of Brazil’s most important media outlets, to have an online discussion about...
- Economics
![Gasoline continues to drive IPC-S, which rises 1.03%]( "Gasoline continues to drive IPC-S, which rises 1.03%")
On March 22, 2021, the Weekly Consumer Price Index (IPC-S) rose 1.03% and it is now up 6.13% in the last 12 months. In the latest results, five of the index’s eight component spending classes saw increases in their rate of variation. The biggest contribution came from the Transport group (3.46...
- Social Sciences
![FGV shares photo archives of 20th century’s female intellectuals]( "FGV shares photo archives of 20th century’s female intellectuals")
Fundação Getulio Vargas’ School of Social Sciences (CPDOC) has just released to the public around 1,000 photographs from the archives of the writer Anna Amélia de Queiroz Carneiro de Mendonça and the anthropologist Yvonne Maggie. These photos capture moments of public and private life and they are important records of the experiences of these...
- Economics
![Webinar explores COVID-19’s impacts on female labor market and education]( "Webinar explores COVID-19’s impacts on female labor market and education")
On March 29, at 9 am, Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Sao Paulo School of Economics (FGV EESP) will hold a free webinar on COVID-19’s impacts on the female labor market and education. The event will discuss research by three economists with different experiences, but in complementary areas.
Mitali Nikore will present data on India’s labor...
- Social Sciences
![FGV CPDOC is part of international humanitarian aid innovation project]( "FGV CPDOC is part of international humanitarian aid innovation project")
Fundação Getulio Vargas’ School of Social Sciences (FGV CPDOC) took part in the first meeting of the Innovation in Humanitarian Response Project, funded by the Erasmus + Program, on February 26, 2021. Coordinated by Lisbon University Institute, this project seeks to help improve the quality and effectiveness of humanitarian activities by...
- Administration
![FGV EAESP now accepting applications for Professional Master’s in Management for Competitiveness]( "FGV EAESP now accepting applications for Professional Master’s in Management for Competitiveness")
Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Sao Paulo School of Business Administration (FGV EAESP) is now accepting applications for its Professional Master’s in Management for Competitiveness. The program is divided into seven research areas: Health Management, Supply Chain Management, Information Technology, Retailing, Sustainability, Finance and...
- Public Policy
![Online event debates use of internal rate of return for concessions and PPPs]( "Online event debates use of internal rate of return for concessions and PPPs")
On March 25, at 6 pm, FGV Transport will hold a webinar called “Controversies and misuse of internal rate of return for concessions and PPPs.” The meeting will discuss the use of internal rate of return for concession contracts and public-private partnerships involving the federal government and the adoption of alternative...
