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Last February 27, Fundação Getulio Vargas met with a group composed by French universities and companies associated to Formasup Paris ? French portal that centralizes more than 3 thousand Distance Learning Courses. During the meeting, organized by FGV?s International Affairs Division (FGV/Dint), possibilities of international partnerships were...
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Caio Mario da Silva Pereira Neto, professor at FGV?s São Paulo Law School (FGV Direito SP), was nominated for the lawyer of the year award ? in the under 40?s category ? by the Global Competition Review (GCR), important London-based publication, specialized in antitrust. Caio is the only person from Latin America nominated this year, from a...
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On February 24 and 25, the event ?Hacia una nueva conceptualización del Gobierno y la Regulación de Empresas Estatales: contribuciones al debate en América Latina? (?Towards a Reconceptualization of the Government and Regulation of Public Companies: Contributions to the Debate in Latin America) was held at the Palace of the Presidency...
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This Thursday, March 5, Fundação Getulio Vargas held a debate in Brasília on 'Public Governance' with the minister Augusto Nardes, of the Federal Audit Court. The event, which was open to the public, aimed to promote a reflection on the role of governance as a catalyst of the process in solving strategic issues for the country's development....
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FGV's Rio de Janeiro Law School (FGV Direito Rio) held on Friday, March 6, in partnership with Duisenberg School of Finance and Vanderbilt Law School, an international conference for national and international perspectives on corporate governance and national financial regulation ? two crucial elements to the economic development of countries....
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The General Price Index ? Internal Availability (IGP-DI), calculated by FGV's Brazilian Institute of Economics (FGV/IBRE) changed 0.53% in February ? which means a rate of 0.14 percentage points lower than the one recorded in January (0,67%). In the same period of the previous year a 0.85% change was recorded, and in 12 months, the IGD-DI...
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After providing Bloomberg unemployment rate forecasts for 18 consecutive months, FGV's Brazilian Institute of Economics, (FGV/Ibre) started being ranked by the agency and took the lead in the ranking, and took first place for its projections on GDP and the national industrial production (PIM-PF). Rodrigo Leandro de Moura, IBRE researcher and...
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Cássio Cavalli, professor at FGV's Rio de Janeiro Law School (FGV Direito Rio), participated in the second seminar of Commercial Law, held on February 26 and 27 in Brasília. The event, organized by the Council of Federal Justice (CJF) brought together ministers of superior courts, federal, state and labor judges, professors, representatives of...
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The Consumer Price Index - Weekly (IPC-S), calculated by FGV's Brazilian Institute of Economics, for February 28, recorded a 0.97% change, 0.11 percentage points (pp) below the rate reported in the last calculation. Five of the seven surveyed Brazilian state capitals recorded a decrease in their change rates.The largest contribution came from...
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Marco Tulio Zanini, professor at FGV's Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (FGV/Ebape), analyzed, in a recent interview to Jornal das Dez, at TV channel GloboNews, the home office model ? a system that allows employees to work from home ? which can bring benefits for companies and employees.Marco Tulio believes that...
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In the last week of February, the Board of Directors of the IASIA (International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration) and the Board of Directors of the IIAS (International Institute of Administrative Sciences) met in Brussels, Belgium. Bianor Cavalcanti, a member of both boards and international director of Fundação Getulio...
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One of the most renowned universities of England is now an international partner of FGV's School of Public and Business Administration (FGV/Ebape). The agreement will promote the exchange of undergraduate and master's students and the joint creation of academic projects and activities. The idea behind this partnership is to further promote...
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The Center for Applied Legal Research (CPJA) of FGV's São Paulo Law School (FGV Direito SP) held, last week, the meeting Desafios para Implementação dos Instrumentos Urbanísticos: o registro público e o PEUC (Implementation Challenges of Urban instruments: public record and the PEUC) at the School's main offices.The meeting is part of...
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Itaipu Binacional has partnered with FGV Energy ? Center for Energy Studies to promote research for the development of the energy sector, which may even serve Binacional and the other companies in the industry. The agreement was signed last Thursday, March 26, by Fundação Getulio Vargas' Vice-President, Sergio Quintella; Carlos Otavio Quintella...
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For the celebrations of the 450th anniversary of the city of Rio de Janeiro, FGV gathered testimonials that identify the spirit of being a carioca (person born in Rio de Janeiro). Authors and employees of FGV Press and FGV's schools, institutes, divisions and research centers were asked to describe how they feel about the city. Anyone...
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Next Wednesday, March 4, at 2 pm, the first session of the lecture series of Global and Transnational History will take place. For this first meeting, FGV's School of Social Sciences (FGV/CPDOC) has invited Professor Hugo Fazio Vengoa, of Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia), author of the book El mundo global: Una historia (The Global World:...
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The Industrial Confidence Index (ICI), calculated by FGV's Brazilian Institute of Economics (FGV/Ibre) decreased 3.4% between January and February ? from 85.9 to 83 points ?, after an increase of nearly 2% in January. The index remains at an extremely low level by historical standards.The strongest decline since last June (when it retreated 3.9...
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The Teaching and Research in Innovation Group (Gepi), of FGV's São Paulo Law School (FGV Direito SP), is carrying out research on digital democracy and to discuss the partial results achieved so far, the group organized ? in February ? a workshop with researchers in the field.The issue at hand is one of the group's research lines for 2015 and...
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Former student of Fundação Getulio Vargas, Roberto Marques, will join Mondelez International in mid-March as Executive Vice President and President, North America. Mondelez International, the world's pre-eminent maker of biscuits, chocolate, gum and candy, made the announcement on Tuesday, February 24.Roberto earned a bachelor?s degree in...
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On Wednesday, February 25, Professor Luiz Artur Ledur Brito took over the administration of FGV's São Paulo School of Business Administration (FGV/Eaesp). Former executive, professor and researcher, Luiz Brito worked for 25 years in the corporate world. With a Chemical Engineering degree from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, the...
