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Professor Bianor Cavalcanti, FGV?s International Director, attended the 2015?s edition of the Annual Conference of the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA) held on July 6-10 in Paris, France. The event, organized in conjunction with the National Center for Territorial Civil Service (CNFPT), brought...
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The article ?Career Transition Antecedents in the Information Technology Area? written by Luiz Antonio Joia, professor at the Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (FGV/EBAPE) and lead researcher of the Government and Electronic Business Research Laboratory (e:lab), together with Ursula Mangia, a former student and his advisee...
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The historical rapprochement movement between the United States and Cuba reached a milestone last Monday, July 20. After 54 years with no diplomatic relations, in addition to the prevailing economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed on the island, the two countries reopened their embassies in a symbolic gesture ending the last remnant...
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This July, FGV?s School of Applied Mathematics (FGV/EMAp) will welcome professors Anatoli Iouditski, from the University Joseph Fourier (Grenoble, France), and Arkadi Nemirovski, from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, United States).The visiting professors, alongside Vincent Guigues, EMAp professor, will participate in the project ?...
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Last Thursday, July 16, FGV Projects held, in São Paulo, the seminar Agriculture in Brazil: Prospects and Challenges, in partnership with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The event brought together experts, government representatives and large...
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Today, July 20, FGV?s School of Social Sciences (FGV/CPDOC) is launching the book Origens da cooperação nuclear: uma história oral crítica entre o Brasil e a Argentina (?Nuclear cooperation origins: an oral critical history between Brazil and Argentina?), written by Professor Matias Spektor along with Nicholas Wheeler, a professor at...
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The current scenario for the trade of natural resources is not the most favorable. The fall in commodity prices, such as iron ore, and the negative growth expectations for Brazil?s GDP this year indicate a tough, but not impossible road to face. These and other issues were discussed at the seminar ?Commodities Production and Economic...
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FGV?s Institute for Educational Development (FGV/IDE) will offer, through the Professors Training Program (PAD), a series of courses and workshops for IDE?s professors and executive academic coordinators. The content aims to encourage learning of new approaches and ways of working, in addition to recycling knowledge.Society is not static, it...
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Analyze how solid prospects for the United States are, the possible anticipation of the beginning of the normalization of the Federal Reserve System (FED), provide a perspective on the recent strengthening of the dollar and discuss the results of the Evaluation of the IMF?s Financial System Stability on the United States. These are the topics...
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Marília Maciel, head of and researcher at the Center for Technology and Society (CTS) of Rio de Janeiro Law School (FGV Direito Rio), was chosen to join the co-chairs of the group that will lead the coordinating council of the NETmundial Initiative. The initiative arose in 2014 after the...
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Produced by the Brazilian Institute of Economics (FGV/IBRE), the General Price Index - 10 (IGP-10) increased 0.75% in July, signifying an improvement over the previous month, which was at 0.57%. Last July, the change was -0.56%. The accumulated rate in 2015 to date is 4.89%, and in 12 months, the IGP-10 recorded a rise of 6.55%. The indicator...
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Next month, Mariana Pargendler, professor at São Paulo Law School (FGV Direito SP), will present at the IPSP - International Panel on Social Progress, in Istanbul, Turkey. The project aims to bring together some of the most relevant world scholars in various branches of knowledge, with different points of view to produce and synthesize the...
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The Leading Economic Index (LEI) for Brazil, released by the Brazilian Institute of Economics (FGV/IBRE) in partnership with The Conference Board ? a global independent institution that conducts business research and seminars ? dropped 0.6% in June, and recorded 89.5 points. The result follows a 0.1% decrease in May and a 1.1% decrease in April...
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On September 3 - 4, FGV?s Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (FGV/EBAPE) will hold the Conference on Banking in Emerging Economies: Recent Trends and Developments (BEE 2015), at FGV?s main office in Rio de Janeiro. Organized in partnership with the University of Ulm, in Germany, and the Journal of Banking and Finance, the...
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Technical education has been neglected in Brazil. Data from the 2013 Education Census show that less than 8% of Brazilians follow this path, against figures of over 50% in developed countries. In order to try to reverse this situation, the first meeting of the State Forum for Vocational and Technological Education of Rio de Janeiro was held....
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In the third edition of 2015, the electronic magazine Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration Working Papers (Cadernos EBAPE.BR) presents the central topic ?Critical Organizational Studies and Critical Thinkers?, with the goal of checking the status of autonomous tradition in critical organizational studies, based on the...
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An important alternative to reducing infrastructure and logistic bottlenecks in Brazil may be in nature. With the largest fresh water reserves and the fourth largest potential waterways in the world, the country, while neglecting this capacity, wastes great opportunity for economic and competitive growth. In addition to preventing the creation...
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The director of FGV's Public Policy Analysis Division (FGV/DAPP), Marco Aurelio Ruediger, coordinated the panel Public Policy Management and New Technologies during the second edition of the International Conference on Public Policy (ICPP), held last week. ICPP is the leading conference on public policies of the International Public Policy...
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FGV's School of Social Sciences (CPDOC) has received the Luiz Beltrão Award in Communication Sciences in the Paradigmatic Institution category. The award was created in recognition of the quality of academic work in communication offered by universities or research centers, valuing individual, group and collective performance.The Paradigmatic...
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Rio de Janeiro has always been known for its cultural dimension. However, the reflection on the economic and political specificities of the state is still not explored. With this in mind, FGV will launch the book Uma agenda para o Rio de Janeiro: estratégias e políticas públicas para o desenvolvimento socioeconômico (An agenda for Rio...
