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Fundação Getulio Vargas is, for the fifth year in a row, among the top 30 think tanks in the world. That's what the Global Go To Think Tanks Rankings 2013 released on January 23rd, by the University of Pennsylvania, indicates. In this edition, FGV achieved its best performance: it went up three positions, ranked in 21st positione among the top...
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Besides contributing to the Brazil?s growth, skilled immigrants could help reduce income inequality, said the economist Samuel Pessôa, researcher at the Brazilian Institute of Economics (FGV/IBRE), in the article Imigração: Uma Boa Ideia (Immigration: A Good Idea) - published on January 26th, by the newspaper Folha de São Paulo.Our society has...
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The director of São Paulo Law School, Oscar Vilhena Vieira, prefaced the book ?Tráfico de Pessoas: uma abordagem para os direitos humanos? (Human trafficking: An approach to human rights) - the result of a partnership between the National Secretariat of Justice of the Ministry of Justice and the Institute for Law and Citizenship Studies (IEDC)....
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The article Explaining Brazil's vinegar revolt ? by the professor of the Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (FGV/EBAPE) Gregory Michener, and the professor of the Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Chris Gaffney - was elected one of the top five articles in Brazil in 2013 by the column From Brazil of the newspaper Folha...
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The School of Applied Mathematics at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV/EMAp) is welcoming, until February 3rd, applications for the remaining vacancies on its undergraduate program.Those interested in the selection process should complete the application for registration and deliver it to FGV's Department of Academic Records, in Rio de Janeiro. The...
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The real exchange rate in Brazil came very close to the equilibrium exchange rate in late 2013. However, a more depreciated rate introduces a new challenge for the formulation of a macroeconomic policy that reconciles economic growth and a possible pressure on inflation. These are some findings of the research conducted by the Centre for...
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The Center for International Relations at Fundação Getulio Vargas, based in the School of Social Sciences (FGV/CPDOC), is offering for the seventh year its Continuing Training program in International Relations at Mundo Contemporâneo, in Rio de Janeiro. Open to all FGV undergraduate students, the course includes the regular materials of?...
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The Argentine government needs a plan to fight the crisis as soon as possible and avoid a chaotic feeling in the economy, says the researcher of the Brazilian Institute of Economics (FGV/IBRE), Lia Valls, to the newspaper O Globo, about the current economic situation in the neighboring country.Lia explains that Argentina has been facing serious...
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63% of the participants of the event rolezinho (a small movement) that took place at Shopping Leblon, in Rio de Janeiro, have a complete or incomplete higher education degree, 62% are male, 39% live in favelas and 18% earn up to two minimum wages. That is what research conducted by the Public Policy Analysis Division (DAPP/FGV) indicates,...
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Migrating debts from one company or bank to another institution does not always bring advantages. That is what the professor of São Paulo School of Economics (FGV/EESP), Samy Dana, stated in his blog Caro Dinheiro, on the website of the newspaper Folha de São Paulo.However, this advantage is not always easily obtained. In the case of the...
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The Professor of São Paulo School of Business Administration (FGV/EAESP), Tales Andreassi, gave tips for Brazilian business owners with low sales in the period preceding the carnival, between January and February, in the newspaper Folha de São Paulo.According to Tales, the first measure is to plan and save a portion of the revenues of the...
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The director of Academic Integration of Fundação Getulio Vargas, Professor Antonio Freitas, will be the official representative of the Latin American Council of Management Schools (CLADEA) at the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) Board Meeting. The event will take place on January 30th in Gothenburg, Sweden, and will...
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The Journal of Public Administration (RAP) by the Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (FGV/EBAPE) is now part of the international indexer Cabell Publishing, Inc. The journal unites more than 5,200 journals indexed in the publishing directory.According to the editorial staff of Cabell Publishing, Inc., the initiative...
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The Consumer Confidence Index (ICC), calculated by the Brazilian Institute of Economics (FGV/IBRE) decreased 2.1% between December 2013 and January 2014, when it moved downwards from 111.2 to 108.9 points. With the result, the index remained below the historical average of 115.9 points for the eleventh consecutive month and reached the lowest...
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Brazilian politics will be on the agenda on January 30th - 31st in England. That's because the professors of the Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (FGV/EBAPE) Carlos Pereira, Cesar Zucco Jr. and Daniela Campello were invited to two workshops in the country on the subject: one at the University of Notre Dame, in London, and...
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Facing increasingly higher prices of products and services in Rio de Janeiro - greater than the average of other Brazilian capitals - the locals have decided to rename the Real the surreal currency, in response to the high cost of living in the city.In an interview with the newspaper Valor Econômico, the coordinator of the General Price Index (...
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São Paulo School of Business Administration (FGV/EAESP) will hold in this first school semester the elective undergraduate course ?GVniano ensina GVniano: Estratégia, Liderança e Gestão de Pessoas? (FGV student teaching FGV student: Strategy, Leadership and People Management), with the participation of executives who attended the School, such...
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The professor and coordinator of the Professional Master of Public Administration (MAP) of the Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (FGV/EBAPE), Alketa Peci, will provide technical advice to the Institutional Capacity Strengthening Program for Regulatory Management (PRO-REG), of the Presidency's Secretariat of Government...
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The professor of São Paulo School of Economics (FGV/EESP), Samy Dana, analyzed in his column Caro Dinheiro, for the newspaper Folha de São Paulo, the need to purchase a life insurance.According to the latest survey of the National Federation of Life and Private Pension Plans (Fenaprevi), the turnover value for this busy market increased by 13.6...
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São Paulo Law School researcher, Angela Donaggio, won the ANBIMA Mercado de Capitais (Capital Markets) award in the category best Ph.D. thesis project, for the project ?A Complexidade do Arranjo entre Regulação e Autorregulação no Mercado de Valores Mobiliários Brasileiro? (The Complexity of the Arrangement between Regulation and Self-...
