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With the purpose of moving forward and expanding the dissemination of FGV's Brazilian Institute of Economics (FGV/IBRE) in China, IBRE has begun a series of partnerships with the country's press.Currently, two partnerships reinforce the presence of studies developed by the Institute in the Chinese media. One, with the International Radio, which...
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Next Thursday, November 6, the Center for the Study of Private Equity and Venture Capital (CVcepe) of FGV's São Paulo School of Business Administration (FGV/EAESP) will launch the study Overview of the Private Equity & Venture Capital Ecosystem in Brazil.Produced in partnership with the Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA), the...
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Last Thursday, October 30, FGV Energy gathered, at an event in Rio de Janeiro, renowned experts in the energy sector for a debate on the topic. The matter was discussed during the launch of the third edition of the book ?A Energia do Brasil? (The Energy of Brazil), by the professor and former Minister of Mines and Energy Antônio Dias...
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At the invitation of the President of the Republic of Paraguay, Fundação Getulio Vargas participated, last week, in the European Investment Forum in Asuncion, Paraguay. Organized by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, the event was attended by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Industry and Trade, Finance, and the President of the Central...
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The growing importance of social media as platforms to expose ideas provides great challenges to the law every day. Between the duty to inform and privacy protection, law and public policies makers are increasingly faced with the challenge of seeking legal responses to technological innovation. To discuss the delicate balance between new...
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Last week, FGV's International Intelligence Unit (FGV/NPII) held a seminar to discuss issues related to public policies for sustainable development at Post-2015. Conducted in partnership with the Consulate General of Germany, under the coordination of FGV/NPII's Dean, Professor Renato Galvão Flôres Júnior and the Vice Consul, Joachim Schemel,...
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The General Price Index - Market (IGP-M) increased 0.28% in October, recording an accumulated growth of 2.05% in 2014. Calculated by FGV's Brazilian Institute of Economics (FGV/IBRE), the IGP-M is calculated based on prices collected from the 21st of the previous month and the 20th of the reference month and it is widely used for rental...
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Last Tuesday, the October 28, FGV's São Paulo Law School (FGV DIREITO SP) promoted the launch of the Esdras Borges Costa awards for Law Teaching. The award aims to identify and reward law professors who use participatory dynamic techniques in their courses.The launch event brought together professors, researchers, students and family of...
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The book ?Democracia Conectada: A Internet como Ferramenta de Engajamento Político-Democrático? (Connected Democracy: The Internet as a Tool for Political and Democratic Commitment), written by Eduardo Magrani, seeks to analyze the current democratic potential of the internet.A project leader at the Center for Technology and Society and a...
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Although its first recorded increase in the year, the Services Confidence Index (ICS), released this week by FGV's Brazilian Institute of Economics (FGV/IBRE), does not indicate a sign of optimism for the sector yet. Even with the 1.2% increment - reaching 101.9 points - the number is still the second lowest since March 2009 when it reached 100...
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Students at the University of Manchester in England have recently been to the Legislative Assembly of the State of Rio de Janeiro (ALERJ) to learn a little more about the political and economic outlook of the state. The action is part of the partnership project between FGV's Institute for Educational Development (FGV/IDE), FGV Online, the...
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In anticipation for the results of the presidential elections - the most contentious and polarized since the redemocratization of Brazil - Brazilian citizens were massively active in social networks last Sunday, the 26th.The monitoring service of FGV's Public Policy Analysis Division (FGV/DAPP) has identified on Twitter 3.5 million...
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The Center for Retail Excellence (GVcev) of FGV's São Paulo School of Business Administration (EAESP) will hold next Thursday, October 30, in São Paulo, a seminar on Brazil's low-income market.With the goal of discussing developments and trends in this market for the upcoming years, the event will address the new consumer's profile, retail...
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Starting on the October 30, next Thursday, FGV Press will be present at Primavera dos Livros, making its second consecutive appearance at the event. Organized by Libre (Brazilian League of Publishers), the 14th edition of the book fair will feature approximately 120 publishers and exhibit more than 15,000 titles of different...
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The global financial crisis of 2008 caused profound impacts on the Brazilian and US legal systems. Érica Gorga, Professor of Business Law at FGV's São Paulo Law School (FGV DIREITO SP) and Associate Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School, has devoted efforts to research which were the ways that the two countries have followed to solve...
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The Prime Minister of Cape Verde, José Maria Neves has been to Fundação Getulio Vargas for a meeting with FGV's International Affairs Division (DINT) in order to broaden the discussion on higher education cooperation between Cape Verde and FGV. The meeting was part of the International Week organized by DINT in celebration of FGV's 70th...
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The OneMBA, of FGV's São Paulo School of Business Administration (FGV/EAESP), was elected the Best Executive MBA in Brazil and was placed among the top 50 in the world according to the Executive MBA Rankings 2014, conducted by the Financial Times.The program, which occupies the 38th position in the ranking, ahead of institutions like...
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Konrad Adenauer Fellow in European Studies at FGV's Center for International Relations, based at the School of Social Sciences (FGV/CPDOC), Bruno Theodoro participated in the last week of the International Presidential Fellow Program, in Washington.At the event, Bruno presented his work that addresses the current US approach towards Latin...
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The long distance education program of Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV Online) won, for the ninth consecutive year, the award Top Of Mind Estadão de RH in the E-Learning category. The program - which competed against four other institutions - won all the prize's editions since the creation of the category. The delivery ceremony took place on the...
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How to solve the education gap in Brazil? Search for answers to this question was the proposal of the educational discussion held last Tuesday, October 21, with the Minister of Education, José Henrique Paim, and the Secretary of State of the Government of São Paulo between 2007 and 2009, Maria Helena Guimarães de Castro. The 8th...
