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- Law
![Tax reform is the subject of debate at event at the World Bank]( "Tax reform is the subject of debate at event at the World Bank")
Vanessa Rahal Canado, Professor of Tax Law at FGV’s Sao Paulo Law School (Direito SP) has participated in the Conference “Value Added of Value-Added Taxes,” promoted by the World Bank on May 9-10 in Washington D.C. (United States).
The professor participated in the panel on the role of public...
- Administration
![Career Week promotes debate with professionals from several segments in Sao Paulo]( "Career Week promotes debate with professionals from several segments in Sao Paulo")
FGV held on May-10, in Sao Paulo, the Career Week. During the five days, invited professionals from different areas shared their experiences in finance, human resources, public management, marketing and sustainability with students from FGV’s Sao Paulo School of Business Administration (EAESP) and FGV´s Sao...
- Law
![International seminar debates challenges and solutions for the digital economy]( "International seminar debates challenges and solutions for the digital economy")
Professor Caio Mário da Silva Pereira Neto, from FGV’s Sao Paulo Law School (Direito SP), will be participating in the “St. Petersburg International Legal Forum,” to be held in Russia on May 13-18. The event brings together lawyers from various nationalities to discuss the modernization of laws and improve the interaction...
- Economics
![5th Annual Monetary Policy Seminar brings together experts in Rio]( "5th Annual Monetary Policy Seminar brings together experts in Rio")
Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Brazilian Institute of Economics (IBRE) and the newspaper Valor Economico will be gathering experts in Rio de Janeiro to discuss the international economic and financial scenario and issues related to the conduct of monetary policy in Brazil. The meeting is free and open to those interested in the...
- Economics
![Brazil leads worsening in economic climate in Latin America, study says]( "Brazil leads worsening in economic climate in Latin America, study says")
In the Economic Survey of Latin America for the month of January 2019 and released in February, Brazil’s leadership in improving the region’s economic climate was highlighted. The scenario has changed. The Ifo/FGV Economic Climate Indicator (ICE) for Latin America – prepared in partnership between the German Institute Ifo and...
- Administration
![Initiative promotes informal chats to bring the public closer to the scientific community in SP]( "Initiative promotes informal chats to bring the public closer to the scientific community in SP")
The researchers from FGV’s Sao Paulo School of Business Administration (EAESP), Lígia Maura Costa, Rafael Alcadipani, Marco Antonio Carvalho Teixeira, and Adriana Wilner, will be joining Andrea Leite Editor-in-Chief of the Public Management and Citizenship Journal (EACH-USP), Vinícius Senger (...
- Administration
![Study on corporate governance practices and executive compensation presented in Croatia]( "Study on corporate governance practices and executive compensation presented in Croatia")
A study to identify the effect of the quality of corporate governance practices on executive compensation configurations and values was presented during the “7th International OFEL Conference on Governance, Management and Entrepreneurship – 2019”, held on April 5-6, in Dubrovnik, Croatia. The work of Giselle Cilaine Ilchechen...
- Economics
![Mother's Day: Consumers aim to spend less on gifts, notes FGV IBRE]( "Mother's Day: Consumers aim to spend less on gifts, notes FGV IBRE")
This year, the average price of gifts for Mother’s Day should be lower than in 2018. This is the result noted by the special Consumer Survey of Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Brazilian Institute of Economics (IBRE), with 1,737 Brazilians, conducted on April 2-20. The households interviewed in the four income brackets...
- Economics
![IGP-DI varies by 0.90% in April 2019]( "IGP-DI varies by 0.90% in April 2019")
The General Price Index – Internal Availability (IGP-DI) rose by 0.90% in April 2019, a percentage lower than that recorded in the previous month, when the rate was 1.07%. With this result, the index accumulated an increase of 3.33% in the year and 8.25% in 12 months. In April 2018, the index had risen by 0.93% and accumulated...
- Economics
![PEC of the Federative Pact is a topic of debate at FGV]( "PEC of the Federative Pact is a topic of debate at FGV")
The seminar “PEC do Pacto Federativo” (“PEC of the Federative Pact”), held on April 26 by FGV’s EPGE Brazilian School of Economics and Finance, with the support of the Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA), brought together specialists to discuss the economic, legal and political drivers of the review of the current...
- Economics
![Leading Indicator of Employment declines and reaches lowest level since October 2018]( "Leading Indicator of Employment declines and reaches lowest level since October 2018")
The Leading Indicator of Employment (LIEmp) of FGV’s Brazilian Institute of Economics (IBRE) fell by 1.0 point in April, reaching 92.5 points, the lowest level since October 2018. Following its third consecutive fall, the indicator accumulated a loss of 8.6 points. In quarterly moving averages, the indicator fell by 2.9 points, reaching 95.1...
- Institutional
![Activity proposes that students design changes in teaching for the next decade]( "Activity proposes that students design changes in teaching for the next decade")
“How do you imagine FGV in 2030?” With this challenge in mind, a group of students from FGV’s Law (Direito SP) and Administration (EAESP) schools underwent a week of immersion in April to think about the major changes that will impact education over the next decade.
For a week, the...
- EconomicsIPC-C1: Inflation for households with income between 1 and 2.5 minimum wages increases in April 2019
![IPC-C1: Inflation for households with income between 1 and 2.5 minimum wages increases in April 2019]( "IPC-C1: Inflation for households with income between 1 and 2.5 minimum wages increases in April 2019")
The Consumer Price Index – Low Income (IPC-C1) for April rose by 0.73%, 0.06 percentage points (p.p.) above March, when the index reported a rate of 0.67%. With this result, the indicator reached a cumulative increase of 2.52% in the year and 5.86% in the last 12 months.
In April, the IPC-BR rose by 0.63%. The rate of the indicator for...
- Mathematics
![Seminar discusses women’s perspectives and challenges in Mathematics]( "Seminar discusses women’s perspectives and challenges in Mathematics")
FGV’s School of Applied Mathematics (EMAp) is holding, on May 7, from 2 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., an event in celebration of International Day of Women in Mathematics. The meeting, which will be held at auditorium 306 of the FGV Main Office (Praia de Botafogo, 190, Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, RJ), aims to discuss the low level of female...
- Economics
![Mother’s Day gifts rise by 1.92% and remain below inflation]( "Mother’s Day gifts rise by 1.92% and remain below inflation")
The most wanted gifts for Mother’s Day this year had an average increase of 1.92%, below the inflation rate of the period, which stood at 5.19% (CPI/FGV). The survey conducted by Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Brazilian Institute of Economics (IBRE) also showed that the inflation for services had a slight increase (3.74%). On average...
- Public Policy
![Event discusses ways of strengthening democracies in Brazil and Europe in times of social networks]( "Event discusses ways of strengthening democracies in Brazil and Europe in times of social networks")
FGV’s Department of Public Policy Analysis (DAPP) and the FGV´s Rio de Janeiro Law School (Direito Rio), alongside the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, will be organizing on May 24 the panel discussion “Digitalização e Democracia: Como fortalecer a democracia no Brasil e na Europa para a era digital?” (“...
- Mathematics
![Workshop in the United Kingdom discusses protection, conservation and restoration of the Cultural Heritage]( "Workshop in the United Kingdom discusses protection, conservation and restoration of the Cultural Heritage")
In response to initiatives to strengthen the network of researchers around the subject of digital contribution to cultural heritage, FGV’s School of Applied Mathematics (EMAp) was invited to join a Brazilian delegation to attend the event at the University of Brighton (United Kingdom) to discuss the topic “Community-led digital...
- International Relations
![Presence of Women in Brazilian Diplomacy is a topic of debate in Sao Paulo]( "Presence of Women in Brazilian Diplomacy is a topic of debate in Sao Paulo")
According to data from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil (MRE), as of 2019, 366 women are members of the staff of Itamaraty diplomats, composed of 1,576 employees (23% of the total). In the classes from 1953 to 2015 of Instituto Rio Branco (IRBr), 427 women entered the diplomatic career, corresponding...
- Economics
![Experts discuss measures that can help minimize shortfall in state budgets]( "Experts discuss measures that can help minimize shortfall in state budgets")
With an extensive payroll of active and inactive servants, as well as the drop in tax collection, most of Brazilian states are undergoing serious fiscal problems. The topic to be discussed at the seminar “Como resolver a crise dos Estados?” (“How to solve the states´ crisis?”), which will be...
- Administration
![Graduate Seminars 2019 with Juliano Assunção (PUC-RJ)]( "Graduate Seminars 2019 with Juliano Assunção (PUC-RJ)")
Juliano Assunção (PUC-RJ) is the next guest speaker at the 2019 Graduate Seminars series.
Prof. Assunção will present the seminar “The Economics of Deforestation in Brazil: the role of policies and agriculture modernization” in which he will refer to a series of papers about deforestation in Brazil, focusing not only on the...
