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Administration
International study evaluates how banks helped long-standing clients during COVID-19 crisis
An international study by Professor Lars Norden of Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (FGV EBAPE), in partnership with Allen Berger of the University of South Carolina, Gregory Udell of Indiana University, Christa Bouwman of Texas A&M University, Raluca Roman of the Federal Reserve Bank of...
Economics
IPC-S slows down in second week of January
As of January 15, 2021, the Weekly Consumer Price Index (IPC-S) was up 0.52%, down 0.27 percentage points from the previously disclosed figure. As a result, this indicator is up 0.52% so far this year and up 5.10% in the last 12 months.
This time, three of the index’s eight component spending classes recorded declines in...
Administration
FGV to represent Brazil in Venture Capital Investment Competition for second consecutive time
The organizers of the Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC Brasil) and Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Center for Studies in Startups, Innovation, Venture Capital and Private Equity (FGV NEST) have selected the team that will represent Brazil in the 2021 Venture Capital Investment Competition on February 5....
Administration
Expert in public security to receive medal from BOPE
Professor Marco Tulio Zanini of the Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (FGV EBAPE) will receive a “Special Operations Medal of Merit” at a ceremony at the Special Police Operations Battalion (BOPE), for his activities to support planning, management, officer training and applied research at...
Law
Webinar debates laws on delivery work and services through digital platforms in Brazil
On January 27, the Center for Education and Research in Innovation (CEPI) at Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Sao Paulo Law School will hold an event called “A Look Back on the Gig Economy: Legislative Debate in 2020,” which will discuss a bill designed to regulate work through digital platforms.
This type of work, known as the...
Energy
Online seminar debates hybridization of energy sources
On January 27, 2021, FGV Energy will bring together representatives from the areas of planning, regulation, operations and investment to discuss the way forward for hybridization of energy sources in Brazil.
The participants will debate the use of a variety of abundant energy sources in Brazil in order to maximize their incorporation...
Law
Analysis on hiring and remuneration of autonomous investment agents wins Anbima award
For the second year in a row, a student from the academic master's degree at the FGV Sao Paulo Law School (FGV Direito SP) won the ANBIMA (Brazilian Association of Financial and Capital Market Institutions) Capital Market Award.
This year, the winner was student Daniel Favoretto Rocha, with research entitled Legal regimes for investor...
Economics
EPGE completes 60 years with recognition of excellence in teaching and research.
EPGE Brazilian School of Finance and Economics (FGV EPGE) celebrates its 60th anniversary on January 15^th, a history of working to further improve excellence in teaching and research in the economic sciences. Throughout 2021, several activities are planned to honor the institution's successful development.
The School’s current...
Law
Study by Clinic for Access to Justice published in Federal Public Prosecutors’ Office collection
A paper written by students at the Clinic for Access to Justice and Public Interest Advocacy at Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Sao Paulo Law School was published in a collection of articles called State Violence: external control of policing, society and the justice system, organized by the Federal Public Prosecutors’ Office...
Energy
Online seminar debates progress in unregulated power market
The unregulated power market, which took its first steps at the beginning of this century, has come of age, meeting many expectations for modernization of the Brazilian electricity sector. To discuss progress in this market in 2020 and its future prospects, FGV Energy will hold a webinar on the subject on January 18, as part of its Energy in...
Economics
Partnership with MAM-SP seeks to expand agenda for studies and research
The Sao Paulo Museum of Modern Art (MAM-SP) and Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Sao Paulo School of Economics (FGV EESP) have entered into an unparalleled cooperation agreement. In order to improve and share experiences, the two institutions are developing an agenda of initiatives including studies,...
Administration
Online event debates prospects for railroad investment in Brazil
On Wednesday, January 13, at 3 pm, the Center for Infrastructure and Environmental Solutions (CEISA) at Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Sao Paulo School of Business Administration (FGV EAESP) will hold a free webinar to discuss prospects for railroad investment in Brazil.
The event will feature speeches by the Minas Gerais state infrastructure...
Institutional
FGV expands activities in Paraguay
Continuing with FGV’s international expansion process, its International Affairs Division has signed another agreement to train government employees at Paraguay’s Presidency and some of its key ministries.
The contract, which will be executed jointly with IDE, was signed by FGV’s international director, Marlos Correia de Lima, and the...
Law
FGV Sao Paulo Law School launches book on lessons of Operation Car Wash
In November, Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Sao Paulo Law School, in partnership with the Wilson Center Brazil Institute, University of Sao Paulo and Mackenzie University, launched a book titled “Lessons of Operation Car Wash: A legal, institutional and economic analysis.” Organized by Professor Paulo Goldschmidt of the Sao Paulo Law School and...
Economics
FGV EPGE professor receives Werner Baer Award for contribution to Brazil’s development
Professor Aloisio Araujo of Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Brazilian School of Economics and Finance (FGV EPGE) is the winner of the 2020 Werner Baer Award. This was announced on December 7 at the opening ceremony of the 48th National Economics Meeting, held by ANPEC.
The Werner Baer Award, sponsored by the Lemann Foundation in partnership...
Law
FGV Rio de Janeiro Law School launches book, The Value of Internet Openness in Times of Crisis
The Fundação Getulio Vargas Rio de Janeiro Law School is launching a book titled The Value of Internet Openness in Times of Crisis, organized by Luca Belli, Nikhil Pahwa (director of Medianama.com) and Osama Manzar (director of the Digital Empowerment Foundation of India). The book explores the value of an open internet in times of...
Public Policy
Superior Electoral Court acknowledges FGV’s contribution to fight against disinformation and fake news in 2020 elections
The Superior Electoral Court has recognized Fundação Getulio Vargas’ contribution to its Program to Fight Disinformation, Focusing on the 2020 Elections. The Department of Public Policy Analysis (FGV DAPP) participated actively in this initiative.
“The Superior Electoral Court thanks FGV and its director of public policy...
Administration
FGV and ABREN launch unparalleled MBA in Brazil about energy recovery and waste processing
Fundação Getulio Vargas and the Brazilian Association for Energy Recovery from Waste (ABREN) have formed a partnership to run a new course titled Executive MBA in Administration – Energy Recovery and Waste Processing. The program, the first of its kind in Brazil, aims to promote best practices in integrated and...
Institutional
FGV professors appointed to committee of legal experts to improve anti-racism legislation
Silvio de Almeida, a professor at Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Sao Paulo School of Business Administration (FGV EAESP) and guest professor at the FGV Sao Paulo Law School; and Thiago Amparo, a professor at the FGV Sao Paulo Law School and FGV School of International Relations (FGV RI) and coordinator of the Center...
Institutional
FGV creates Center for Science Applied to Public Security (FGV CCAS) with support of FAPESP
A proposal by Fundação Getulio Vargas to create the Center for Science Applied to Public Security (FGV CCAS) has just been approved by the Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP). The initiative is a partnership between FGV, the Sao Paulo State Public Security Secretariat, (SSP-SP), the Inter-American Development Bank and the...