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Economics
Brazilian consumer inflation projections remain stable in September
Brazilian consumer inflation expectations for the next 12 months rose from 5.7% in August to 5.6% in September, a slight decrease of 0.1 point. The index dropped 1.1 percentage point over the same period last year.
“The consumer inflation projection is well anchored and closely follows the inflation measured by the Broad...
Law
Tax law research wins Professional Master’s award at FGV
On August 31, FGV’s Sao Paulo Law School (Direito SP) announced the winners of the award for best term papers in the field of Tax Law of the school’s Professional Master’s program. Three papers were awarded for the relevance of their subjects and their contribution towards advancing the interaction between legal aspects and specific market...
Administration
GM Xperience: FGV is two-time champion of logistics and supply chain competition
FGV’s Sao Paulo School of Business Administration (EAESP) is now two-time champion of GM Xperience’s Brazilian phase. The team, formed by Professor Alexandre Pignanelli and students César Rivas, Giovanna Tibery, Pedro Wainer and Samira Takeyasu, will now have the mission of...
Public Policy
Model Inter-American Law on Access to Information discussed at international workshop in Colombia
Robert Gregory Michener, a professor from FGV’s Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (EBAPE), will participate in a workshop on the modernization of the Model Inter-American Law on Access to Information, on September 27. The event will be held at Universidad de Los Andes, in Bogotá (Colombia...
Law
Brazilian Constitution celebrates 30 years with challenge of keeping social and political pact
The Federal Constitution will celebrate its 30^th anniversary on October 5. The result of a process of transition from authoritarian rule to democracy, the document set forth, among other rights and duties of citizenship, the basic rules for the democratic game. With the purpose of analyzing this...
Administration
FGV and Sao Paulo Court of Appeals sign partnership for public management training program
Fundação Getulio Vargas and the Sao Paulo State Court of Appeals (TJ-SP), one of the largest in the world, with approximately 42,000 civil servants, entered into a partnership on September 19 to offer a course in management for civil servants. The program includes classes on new public management, information...
Economics
1st Rio Money Forum
The 1st Rio Money Forum will present and discuss relevant topics that help economic growth, seeking to contribute with public policy proposals to the new government that will take office in 2019.
Organized by the Brazilian Institute of Economics (FGV IBRE) and the Codemec - Committee for the Development of Capital Markets, the...
Law
Transfer pricing rules and the digital economy
The Nucleus for Tax Law of the Professional Master's Degree, in the context of the Taxation and New Technologies research line, will discuss transfer pricing rules and the respective impacts on the digital economy. The goal is to shed light on the issue and address the challenges of related tax issues.
Coordination: Tathiane...
Administration
Eyes on Federal Intervention: Planning, Economics and Public Policy
Escola de Comando e Estado-Maior do Exército (ECEME) and FGV, through the Military Observatory of Praia Vermelha (OMPV), will hold a further discussion forum on the Federal Intervention in Public Security of Rio de Janeiro, under the theme "Eyes on Federal Intervention: Planning, Economics and Public Policy".
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Law
Event on justice in early childhood discusses Habeas Corpus to release imprisoned women
Eloísa Machado de Almeida, professor of FGV’s Sao Paulo Law School (Direito SP), attended the roundtable “Imprisoned mothers and their children: abiding by the legal framework of early childhood” held on September 18, in Brasília. The subject came under the spotlight after the Supreme Federal Court...
Social Sciences
Roundtable will discuss 2018 Brazilian election results
Political scientists Sérgio Praça (School of Social Sciences (FGV CPDOC)), Octavio Amorim Neto (Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (FGV EBAPE)), and Jairo Nicolau (UFRJ) will discuss the results of the 2018 elections shortly after the first round, on Monday, October 8, at 2...
Mathematics
Iberoamerican Mathematical Olympiad gathers students in Europe
Eduardo Wagner, professor at FGV’s School of Applied Mathematics (EMAp), will participate in the 33^rd Iberoamerican Mathematical Olympiad between September 21 and 29. The event will be held in the cities of Monte Gordo (Portugual) and La Rábida (Spain), bringing together students from 26 countries...
Public Policy
Forum discusses federal intervention in Rio de Janeiro’s public safety
The Brazilian Army Command and General Staff College (ECEME) and Fundação Getulio Vargas will host a debate forum on Federal Intervention in Rio de Janeiro’s Public Safety on September 25, between 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. through the Military Observatory of Praia Vermelha (OMPV), under the theme “...
Law
FGV launches Center for Education and Research in Innovation
Combining modern teaching methods and integrating state-of-the-art technology and its impacts in Law education are one of the missions of FGV’s Sao Paulo Law School (Direito SP). In order to reach this goal, Direito SP created the new Center for Education and Research in Innovation (CEPI) by merging the Law and...
Public Policy
Book addresses transformations in Brazil's social classes C, D and E over last 20 years
“The land of the future that never arrives” (Stefan Zweig). “Brazil takes one step forward, two steps back. The country that never misses the opportunity to miss opportunities” (Roberto Campos). These are some of the most recurring phrases to describe a widespread perception of the country’s stagnation, opening the book titled “O...
Administration
Study on Smart Cities is presented during International Conference in Austria
Professor Luiz Antonio Joia, coordinator of e:lab – Electronic Business and Government Research Lab of FGV’s Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (EBAPE), presented a paper during the International Conference on E-Government, E-Democracy, Open Government, and E-Participation (Egov-Cedem-Epart 2018), held on...
Institutional
International seminar discusses recovery of oil and gas activities in Brazil
In partnership with the Norwegian Shipowners’ Association Brazil (ABRAN) and the Royal Norwegian Consulate General, FGV’s Rio de Janeiro Law School (Direito Rio) and FGV Energy will host the “3^rd Brazilian-Norwegian Seminar – Recovery of oil and gas activities in Brazil, new technological trends, and impacts to the regulation...
Administration
International event debates digital sustainability
The lead researcher of the Electronic Business and Government Lab (e:lab) and professor of FGV’s Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (EBAPE), Luiz Antonio Joia, attended the South America Expert Round Table (ERT) on Digital Sustainability, held at PUC do Paraná, in Curitiba,...
Energy
New general director of ANEEL discusses Brazil’s energy matrix at FGV
FGV Energy held a welcome luncheon for the General Director of the Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency (ANEEL), André Pepitone, on September 14. Participants discussed topics related to Brazil’s energy matrix during the event.
The President of Fundação Getulio Vargas, professor Carlos Ivan Simonsen Leal...
Social Sciences
Book features unpublished letters exchanged between Getúlio Vargas and his daughter Alzira
A set of 568 previously unpublished letters exchanged between former President Getúlio Vargas and his daughter Alzira Vargas, between 1946 and 1950, make up the book “Volta ao Poder – A correspondência entre Getúlio Vargas e a filha Alzira (1946-1950)” [Return to Power – correspondence...