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Fundação Getulio Vargas has recently enabled free access, no registration required, to the archives of its School of Social Sciences (CPDOC) through its application, known as App FGV.Users can now search through the personal archives, Oral History interviews and entries in the Brazilian Historical and Biographical Dictionary (DHBB). In...
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Brazilian political tradition and the importance of Latin American leaderships are the historical experiences examined by the author of ?The national issue and the national statist traditions in Brazil, Latin America and Africa?, written by Norberto O. Ferreras and published by FGV Publisher.In addition to placing the State back at the center...
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What is the impact of having excessive rules to discipline the internet? For Silvio Meira, visiting professor at the Rio de Janeiro Law School, over-regulation could result in a closed network, with less room for innovation and diversity, leaving aside one of its main characteristics: its global reach.According to the professor, the result...
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Published by the Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration of Fundação Getulio Vargas, the new issue of the Journal of Public Administration is now available online. Under its current chief, Professor Alketa Peci, the journal has chosen articles that have a common underlying theme, with a greater emphasis on human and cultural...
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Sociologist Thomas D. Cook, of Northwestern University in Chicago, USA, was received on Tuesday, February 23, the Analysis Directorate of Public Policy at the Getulio Vargas Foundation (DAPP), in partnership with Knowledge and Applied Research Network FGV (RPCAP). During the visit, the researcher spoke of his experience with international...
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The Journal of Business Administration (RAE) and the Journal of Public Administration (RAP), published respectively by the São Paulo School of Business Administration (EAESP) and the Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (EBAPE) of Fundação Getulio Vargas, top the ranking of 100 most-cited articles in ?top journals? which are...
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Professor at the Rio de Janeiro Law School (Direito Rio) of Fundação Getulio Vargas, Michael Freitas Mohallem served as an expert witness for a trial at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) in a case that pitted workers from Fazenda Brasil Verde against the Brazilian Government, on February 18-19.A Human Rights specialist, Mohallem...
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The recent decision by Brazil?s Supreme Court (STF), that defendants who have had their prison sentence affirmed on appeal must serve time before all possibilities of appeal have been exhausted has divided opinions amongst jurists. On the one hand, there are those who defend the immediate application of the sentence, under the justification...
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On February 22, FGV Energy ? Center for Energy Studies hosted the lecture Energy in Focus: Strategy and Challenges for the Future - New business models for the electricity sector. The event included a lecture by Richard Kauffman, Secretary of Energy and Finance for New York and Chairman of the Board of the New York State Energy Research and...
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With a Master Degree from MAP - Professional Master?s in Public Administration of FGV?s Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (EBAPE), Gabriella Di Felicio won first place in the Environmental Entrepreneurship category at the 9th edition of the Ozires Silva Award for Sustainable Entrepreneurship, with the project Get a ride!,...
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Fundação Getulio Vargas has just opened registrations for the brand new Executive MBAs in Economy and Management, focused on Public Administration, in Brasília. Applicants can choose between Pension Plans, Regulation or Public Finances. In addition to a vast schedule, courses allow students to join international extension programs in acclaimed...
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The Human Rights and Enterprises Group (GDHeE) of the São Paulo Law School of Fundação Getulio Vargas (Direito SP) will host a Free Conference on Human Rights and Enterprises next Thursday (February 25th), alongside the Human Rights Work Group of the Brazilian Network in Global Compact, supported by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP...
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According to the Brazilian Institute of Economics of Fundação Getulio Vargas (IBRE), the average inflation rate expected by Brazilian consumers for the next 12 months rose to 11.4% in February 2016. Up 0.1 p.p. month-over-month, inflation projections reach an all new record since its inception, in September 2005.?February results indicate that...
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On February 12, the Brazilian Supreme Court (STF) accepted an amicus curiae brief prepared by students of FGV?s Rio de Janeiro Law School (Direito Rio), as part of Special Appeal 640,452. The case discusses the disproportionate treatment in the amounts of fines levied in cases of failure to satisfy ancillary tax obligations ? actions or...
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Created by FGV?s São Paulo School of Business Administration (EAESP), the first 2016 edition of the Journal of Business Administration (RAE) is the last with Professor Eduardo Diniz as chief editor. Mr. Diniz ran the journal for seven years, and was responsible for significant improvements to the publication.In 2015, for the first time, the RAE...
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The GDP Monitor shows that 2015 was marked by a continuous and intense decline in economic activity, as the year closed with a 3.8% drop, according to the Brazilian Institute of Economics of Fundação Getulio Vargas (IBRE).?Manufacturing was down 6.6%, while Services saw a 2.5% drop. And there are currently no signs of recovery for these sectors...
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The inauguration of Mauricio Macri as Argentina?s president last December represented a major shift in the country?s economic policy. Some of the new government?s actions include the liberalization of the foreign exchange market and a sharp reduction on subsidies for energy consumption. To discuss this topic, the Brazilian Institute of...
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Next Monday, February 29, in Brasília, the Center for Sustainability Studies (GVces) of Fundação Getulio Vargas São Paulo School of Business Administration (EAESP) will introduce the new planning cycle and tool that will assist civil society organizations in developing of strategies for the adaptation to climate change. The launch will be made...
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How Democratic is the American Constitution?? This provocative question is the title of a book by Robert Dahl, that will be published in Brazil by a partnership between Fundação Getulio Vargas? Rio de Janeiro Law School (Direito Rio) and Editora FGV. The work by the renowned U.S. political scientist questions the extent to which the American...
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In March, Fundação Getulio Vargas will host a multi-city fair on the international modules available for its Executive Education students, starting in São Paulo on 3/1 and 3/2, moving to Rio de Janeiro on 3/8 and 3/9, and ending in Brasília on 3/22.The modules are part of the MBA International Mobility program of Fundação Getulio Vargas, and...
