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Prepared by FGV?s Brazilian Institute of Economics (FGV/IBRE), the Weekly Consumer Price Index (IPC-S) of December 31, 2015 presented a 0,88% change ? 0.05 percentage points below the rate recorded in the last calculation. With this result, the index accumulated an increase of 10.53% between January and December last year.In this calculation,...
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RETROSPECTIVE 2015 > According to LinkedIn?s Top Global Brands ranking published today (June 18th), FGV is the most influential brand in Brazil, and one of the most important higher education institutions in the world, alongside Harvard and the Australian Institute of Business. The LinkedIn study took into consideration the...
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RETROSPECTIVE 2015 >From the second half of 2015, when São Paulo School of Business Administration (FGV/Eaesp) initiates the undergraduate classes related to the University Entrance Exams (Vestibular) conducted in February 2015, students will have the option to study entirely in English. From then on, the School will offer a...
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RETROSPECTIVE 2015 >For the fifth consecutive year, Fundação Getulio Vargas was elected one of the best higher education institutions in the world, according to the Global Employability Ranking, prepared by the human resources consulting company Emerging and released this...
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RETROSPECTIVE 2015 >The Administration (RJ and SP), Economics (RJ) and Law (RJ and SP) undergraduate courses of FGV ranked five stars - the top score - according to a survey conducted by the magazine Guia do Estudante (GE), from Editora Abril. The courses are part of São Paulo School of Business Administration (EAESP), the...
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RETROSPECTIVE 2015 > 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...
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RETROSPECTIVE 2015 > The first Brazilian institution to be a member of the OpenCourseWare Consortium (OCWC), a consortium of educational institutions from different countries that offers free content and online teaching materials, Fundação Getulio Vargas is celebrating the success of its free distance learning courses. Since...
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RETROSPECTIVE 2015 > The British consultancy firm QS (Quacquarelli Symonds), responsible for one of the world's leading university rankings released the QS Global 200 MBA Ranking 2014/2015 this week, in which FGV features as the only Brazilian institution among the top ten in Latin America. FGV is also currently listed in...
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RETROSPECTIVE 2015 > Through an effort by the Latin American Center for Public Policy (CLPP) at FGV's International Affairs Division (FGV/Dint), in partnership with FGV Online, FGV is launching five free online courses in management and ethics in Spanish. The project intends to take far-reaching social courses to people from...
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Fundação Getulio Vargas appears in the first positions of the national ranking for the 2014?s General Index for Programs (IGC), compiled by the Brazilian Ministry of Education and Culture (MEC). The result was released last Friday, December 18.São Paulo School of Economics (FGV/EESP) appeared in the first place overall in the country. In the...
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The seminar Environmental regulations and disaster prevention: the case Samarco / Mariana, held by the Center for Law and Environment (CDMA) at FGV?s Rio de Janeiro Law School (Direito Rio) on December 10, gathered experts to discuss the consequences of one of the largest environmental disasters in the Brazilian history.Carlos Eduardo Ferreira...
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Fundação Getulio Vargas, in partnership with the Think Tanks and Civil Society Program (TTCSP), of the University of Pennsylvania, held the Global Think Tank Innovations Summit on December 13-15. Over the three days, about 50 representatives of leading think tanks worldwide were gathered in the city of Philadelphia, in the US, to discuss the...
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On December 14, FGV?s Brazilian Institute of Economics (IBRE) held the 4th Economic Analysis Seminar of 2015, with lectures by economists of the Institute, at FGV's main office in Rio de Janeiro. In order to present the macroeconomic forecasts of the Institute for 2016, the event included the participation of researchers Armando Castelar, José...
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Brazil was taken by surprise last night, December 16, by a decision of the first criminal court of São Bernardo do Campo, which ordered WhatsApp services to be blocked for 48 hours. The suspension of the activities of the most popular phone-messaging app in the country - with about 100 million users according to data from the company itself -...
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Cesar Cunha Campos, director of FGV Projects, participated in the COP 21 Legislators Summit ? ?Towards Coherence & Impact, The challenge of Paris and the Post-2015 Agenda for a prosperous and sustainable world?, in the National Assembly of France, in Paris, on December 4, along with the Minister of the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice,...
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The Brazil GHG Protocol Program is set to launch the 2.0 version of its Public Emissions Registry (RPE) in March. The platform is the largest public database of GHG (greenhouse gases) inventories in South America, with 133 member companies in 2015.Created in 2008, the platform is an initiative by the Center for Sustainability Studies (GVces) of...
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The Ifo/FGV Latin American Economic Climate Index (ICE), prepared by the German institute Ifo in conjunction with the Brazilian Institute of Economics of Fundação Getulio Vargas (IBRE), rose from 70 to 72 points between October 2015 and January 2016. With this result, the index is firmly settled in the 71 to 74 point range, recorded in the last...
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Brazilians will have to dig deeper into their pockets to party this year. A survey conducted by the Brazilian Institute of Economics of Fundação Getulio Vargas (IBRE) shows that the prices of most consumed products during the Carnaval festivities rose above inflation rates recorded in the last 12 months. Prices rose 12.74%, compared to a...
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Between 6:30 pm and 9:30 pm on February 24 and 25, the Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration of Fundação Getulio Vargas (EBAPE) will host the International seminar entitled ?Strategic Foresight ? How to plan and build the future of the organization,? at FGV?s main office in Rio de Janeiro. The event, which will be taught in...
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The Center for Sustainability Studies (GVces) of the São Paulo School of Business Administration of Fundação Getulio Vargas (EAESP) will receive registrations from SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises), until March 7, to participate in the Innovation and Sustainability in Global Value Chains project (ICV Global), held in partnership with...
