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Economist Marcelo Neri has resumed activities at Fundação Getulio Vargas and reestablished the Center for Social Policy (CPS). The center had been inactive since September 2012, when Neri took over the presidency of the Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA), a position that was later added to his role as executive secretary of the...
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Eleonora Menicucci, minister of the Women?s Policy Office, is today, the 17th, at Fundação Getulio Vargas to launch the 6th edition of the Gender and Race Pro-Equality Seal where she will speak to an audience of 50 CEOs. The meeting is sponsored by the Group for Research on Law and Gender (GPDG) of São Paulo Law School (FGV Direito SP).?...
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FGV Energy and the Brazilian Institute of Economics (FGV/IBRE) will hold, on Monday, August 17, the 5th Seminar on Brazil?s Energy Matrix and Security at FGV?s main office in Rio de Janeiro. The event will be broadcast live on FGV/IBRE?s website.The seminar will address topics such as the planning of the Brazilian energy matrix for the next ten...
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From July 13 - 17, students of the Executive Master in Business Management (MEX) of the Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (FGV/EBAPE) paid a visit to Catolica Lisbon Business & Economics at Universidade Católica Portuguesa, in Lisbon. This activity is part of a partnership between the two universities, which began in...
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From August 10 - 21, FGV?s School of Social Sciences (FGV / CPDOC) will welcome Professor Matthew Connelly from Columbia University, New York, to give lectures and participate in a series of meetings based on the School?s research project in collaboration with the School of Applied Mathematics (FGV/EMAp).The project ?Technology applied to...
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China, with a population of 1.36 billion, is getting ready to end one of the most famous and controversial birth control measures in the world. In force for 40 years, the ?one-child policy? will be reviewed by the government of the world?s most populous nation, which already fears the economic and social impacts to come. Evandro Carvalho, a...
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The Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (FGV/EBAPE) held, from July 13 - 24, the Purchasing Management course. Taught by Professor Irène Foglierini, from ESCP Europe Paris ? Europe Business School Paris, the course addressed the main theoretical concepts of the purchasing process in both the public and private sectors, using...
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Rio de Janeiro Law School (FGV Direito Rio) has been selected by the European Commission to receive the Jean Monnet Chair. The recognition is the result of the successful Jean Monnet Module, currently in its fifth edition, which attracts an increasing number of students from FGV and other institutions. With the establishment of the Chair, the...
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According to a recent report released by the International Labor Organization (ILO), the income of working women will remain lower than men?s for another 75 years or so, if the reduction of differences remains at the current rate. Women still earn 77% less than men, a figure that has remained virtually stagnant over the past 20 years.Within ...
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The Brazilian government announced last Tuesday, August 11, the Electricity Investment Program (PIEE, acronym in Portuguese). In order for the country to not experience a new energy crisis, such as occurred earlier this year, the government has announced investments of R$ 186 billion. Paulo César Fernandes da Cunha, senior consultant at FGV...
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FGV Projects will hold, on Wednesday, August 12, the Brazil-Netherlands Meeting on Museum Management. With the presence of Brazilian and Dutch experts, the seminar intends to promote the exchange of experiences and reflection on solutions for the management of museums and other cultural facilities.Jet Bussemaker, Dutch Minister of Education,...
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On Monday, August 3, São Paulo Law School (FGV Direito SP) hosted the launch of the second edition of the money laundering prevention guide for jewelers. At the event, the director of the Brazilian Institute of Gems and Precious Metals (IBGM), Écio Barbosa de Morais, thanked São Paulo Law School for the opportunity and ratified the importance...
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A report released by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) states that more than 224,000 immigrants have arrived in Europe through the Mediterranean Sea in 2015. According to the UN, the growing number of people trying to cross the sea are from Syria and the sub-Saharan Africa, locations going through civil wars, and...
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Inflation measured by the Weekly Consumer Price Index (IPC-S), calculated by the Brazilian Institute of Economics (FGV/IBRE), repeated the variation rate calculated in the last publication (0.53%), and remained stable in the first week of August. In this calculation, five of the eight expenditure categories part of the index presented a...
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From July 22 to 25, Carlos Pinho, researcher of the Public Policy Analysis Division (FGV/DAPP) participated in the 8th edition of the Latin American Congress of Political Science ? ALACIP, held at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Peru, in Lima.During the event, the researcher participated in two roundtables. During the first, entitled ?...
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The Proposed Amendment to the Constitution (PEC) which is being analyzed by the National Congress intends to oblige employers to bear the costs of health insurance for their employees. The PEC in question [451] is viewed with caution by authorities, such as Brazil?s current Health Minister, Arthur Chioro, and experts such as Professor Paulo...
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Historical. That?s how the announcement on carbon emission reductions made by US President Barack Obama, last Monday, August 3 is being classified. The ambitious plan requires thermoelectric plants in the country to reduce emissions by 32% by 2030 and increase power generation from renewable sources by 28%. The analysis by the environmental law...
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The July issue of FGV Energy?s Monthly Energy Sector Affairs Bulletin features an analysis of the development of electricity storage technologies and their impact on the electric power industry. The opinion column reports the current impacts on hydropower generation in the investor?s perspective, with an appeal for a review of the calculation...
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A major challenge in Brazil is providing a proper destination for waste. A report prepared by the Brazilian Association of Public Cleaning and Special Waste Companies (Abrelpe), published on July 27, states that 38% of the population has no access to proper waste treatment and disposal. In addition, the National Policy on Solid Waste (PNRS), in...
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On August 11, 18 and 27, FGV?s International Intelligence Unit (FGV/NPII) will offer the series of lectures Tehran, Ramallah and Doha: Memories of the Active and Generous Foreign Policy?, with Celso Amorim, former foreign minister in the governments of Itamar Franco and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and Minister of Defense in Dilma Rousseff?s...
