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According to a study by the Public Policy Analysis Division of Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV/DAPP), during President Dilma Rousseff's first term, ministries led by members of Dilma's Workers' Party (PT) administered more than 44 percent of funds available in the federal budget. FGV/DAPP arrived at these figures using the tool called...
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As reported by the Brazilian newspaper O Globo last Friday, December 19, three schools of Fundação Getulio Vargas lead the national ranking of the 2013 General Index of Courses (IGC) of the Ministry of Education (MEC).The first place went to São Paulo School of Economics (FGV/EESP), followed by the Brazilian School of Economics and Finance (FGV...
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Who are the people that generate the most ideas in Latin America? From this question, the Spanish magazine Esglobal listed the 50 most influential Latin American intellectuals in 2014. Professor Octavio Amorim Neto, from FGV's Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (FGV/EBAPE), was one of the four Brazilians elected. Next to him...
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A survey conducted by LinkedIn in Brazil identified the most prominent and relevant marketing professionals on social networks. The ranking elected the 24 executives from different industries that are the most engaged and active on the platform. In the Education category, the winner was Marcos Facó, Director of FGV's Communications and...
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The philosopher, writer and educator, from the state of Paraná, Mario Sergio Cortella, delivered a lecture on A Arte de Liderar (The Art of Leadership) last October 9, at Fundação Getulio Vargas' main offices, emphasizing the difference between a boss and a leader. You obey a boss. And you follow a leader. Because leadership is, above all, a...
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2014 Retrospective > For the fourth consecutive year, Fundação Getulio Vargas was named one of the best higher education institutions in the world, according to the Global Employability Ranking, published by The New York Times.The survey, conducted with 2,500 recruiters from different companies in 20 countries, evaluates the...
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2014 Retrospective > Fundação Getulio Vargas welcomed, in Rio de Janeiro in March 2014, the Nobel Prize Dialogue and Nobel Inspiration Initiative - a global program that takes Nobel Laureates to study and research centers around the world to get young scientists, the scientific community and the general public involved.Over ...
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2014 Retrospective > In October 2014, the commemorative International Week for Fundação Getulio Vargas' 70th anniversary was held at the institution's main office in Rio de Janeiro. Sponsored by FGV's International Affairs Division (DINT), the week consisted of three international events, held in the foyer of the Thompson...
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2014 Retrospective > The undergraduate courses of seven schools at Fundação Getulio Vargas received the maximum grade from the Guia do Estudante 2014 (Student Guide), published by Editora Abril. The survey awarded five stars to the Business Administration courses of São Paulo School of Business Administration (FGV/...
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As reported by the Brazilian newspaper O Globo last Friday, December 19, three schools of Fundação Getulio Vargas lead the national ranking of the 2013 General Index of Courses (IGC) of the Ministry of Education (MEC).The first place went to São Paulo School of Economics (FGV/EESP), followed by the Brazilian School of Economics and Finance (FGV...
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In 2014, to celebrate Christmas with a full table, Brazilian families will have to spend more than last year. A survey conducted by André Braz, economist at FGV's Brazilian Institute of Economics (FGV/IBRE), on the average price of some traditional items of the Christmas Dinner reveals that most products on supermarket shelves this month are...
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The case is as follows: An exchange of posts on social networks aggravates historic disputes between two religious groups that occupy the same territory in a fictitious country. An adherent of the minority religion posts a controversial video in which he states that followers of the other religion should convert. Aggressive responses and...
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Fundação Getulio Vargas ranked among the best think tanks in the world for the sixth consecutive year ? and maintained its position at the top of the list for Latin America ? in the University of Pennsylvania´s Global Go To Think Tanks Report 2014, released this Thursday, January 22. The report is the most comprehensive ranking of the world´s...
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With the goal of contributing to the evolution of the energy sector by producing and disseminating new research, knowledge and debates, FGV Energy has published the fourth issue of its Energy Affairs Newsletter.In this issue ? the first of 2015 ? FGV Energy emphasizes that the initiative to develop specific policies for Natural Gas must still...
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FGV's 2015 Graduate Seminars, organized by the Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (FGV/EBAPE), will begin on Wednesday, January 28, at 10 a.m., with a talk by Magda Dobrajska, professor at Copenhagen Business School. Dobrajska will speak about adaptation of managerial decision structures. The event will be in English, and is...
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Professor Oliver Stuenkel, coordinator of FGV's School of Social Sciences (FGV/CPDOC) and MBA in International Relations in São Paulo, was in Paris last week to participate in the colloquium ?Regulating the Use of Veto at the UN Security Council in Case of Mass Atrocities,? organized by Sciences Po´s School of International Relations (PSIA) and...
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The Leading Economic Index (LEI) for Brazil, released by FGV´s Brazilian Institute of Economics (FGV/IBRE) and the New York-based global research organization The Conference Board, remained stable in December 2014. The index stands at 95.4 points (2010 = 100), after a decline of 1.4 percent in November and an increase of 0.2 percent in October....
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Oscar Vilhena Vieira, professor and director of FGV's São Paulo Law School (FGV/DIREITO SP), will participate this Thursday, January 22, in the seminar ?Cambio Constitucional en Democracia? (Constitutional Change in Democracy) at the Centro Cultural Palacio La Moneda in Santiago, Chile.The seminar will bring together high-level representatives...
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Samy Dana, professor at FGV´s School of Public and Business Administration (FGV/EASP), dedicated his most recent column in the newspaper Folha da São Paulo to answering a reader´s query about the value of investing in savings versus Brazilian Treasury bonds. Dana noted that, like savings, Treasury bonds represent a conservative investment,...
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The General Market Price Index (IGP-M) calculated by FGV´s Brazilian Institute of Economics (FGV/IBRE) rose 0.55 percent in the second reading of January ? 0.1 percentage points less than the 0.65 percent change registered in the same period last month. This reading covers the period from December 21 to January 10. Similarly, the Wholesale...
