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Brazilian tourism is more competitive in 2013. That is what the new publication of the National Tourism Competitiveness Index points out - a tool developed by the Ministry of Tourism, Sebrae and Fundação Getulio Vargas to measure the development level of tourism in the country.The study evaluated the development of 13 aspects that make up...
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Fundação Getulio Vargas and the World Bank will hold, on December 11th, a seminar to disclose the Report on the Observance of Accounting and Auditing Standards and Codes (ROSC A&A), produced by the World Bank based on data relating to the 2012 Brazilian scenario.The event will encourage reflection on the Implementation Plan of the...
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Experts from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), FGV Projetos and leaders of public, private and academic sectors will come together on Friday, December 6th, to present and analyze the official results of PISA 2012 - Educational Systems Evaluation Program, developed and coordinated by the OECD.Applied since 2000,...
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BM&FBOVESPA announced on Thursday, November 28th, the ninth Corporate Sustainability Index (ISE) portfolio, which will run from January 6th, 2014 to January 2nd, 2015. The new portfolio comprises 51 new shares of 40 companies, representing 18 industries and totaling BRL 1.14 trillion in market value - equivalent to 47.16% of the total value...
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The weight of private schools in the 2014 budget should increase. That is what the professor of FGV?s São Paulo School of Economics (FGV/EESP), Samy Dana, stated in his column Caro Dinheiro (Dear Money), in the newspaper ?Folha de São Paulo?. According to the economist, the forecast is that tuition adjustment reaches 12% - or nearly double the...
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The Law professor of São Paulo Law School and director of the Center for Studies in Business Law, Erica Gorga, presented in November a work on the New Market at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law.In her study, Corporate Control and Governance after a Decade from 'Novo Mercado': Changes in Ownership Structures and Shareholder Power in...
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The special edition of IBRE's Macro Bulletin - produced by the Brazilian Institute of Economics (FGV/IBRE), shows a slight increase in the estimated Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the third quarter, from -0.4% (qoq) to -0.3% (qoq).The main revisions are in Agriculture, Mineral Extraction Transportation, Other Services and Information Services...
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Fundação Getulio Vargas, the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and the Consejo Mexicano de Asuntos Internacionales (COMEXI) held on November 24th-26th in Mexico City, the Council of Councils Americas Regional Conference and Hemispheric Meeting of Councils on International Relations.In order to analyze the future of the Americas in global...
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The 8th edition of the Desafio Brasil (Challenge Brazil) - competition organized by FGV?s Center of Studies on Private Equity and Venture Capital (GVcepe) of São Paulo School of Business Administration (FGV/EAESP) that rewards the best national startups - has already picked its winners. This year, more than 1,800 proposals were received,...
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The Lato Sensu Graduate Program (GVLaw) of São Paulo Law School (DIREITO GV) offers this semester the course ?Advocacia pro bono no Brasil e no mundo: práticas, incentivos e perspectivas?(Pro bono legal services in Brazil and in the world: practices, incentives and perspectives). The program, offered in partnership with New Perimeter PILNET-...
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The CBR Meetings - fortnightly meetings organized by the Center for Behavioral Research (CBR) of the Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (FGV/EBAPE) - welcomes next Wednesday, January 22nd, the political scientist and professor of the School, Robert Gregory Michener.Michener's lecture, dedicated to students of EBAPE's master'...
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The economic reform proposed by the new Chinese leadership, Xi Jinping, should not affect the trade with Brazil. This is what the researcher of the Applied Economics department of the Brazilian Institute of Economics (FGV/IBRE), Lia Valls, believes. The objective of the reform is to give more balance to China's economic growth, prioritizing...
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Which is the course taken by taxpayers' money from the tax collection to public coffers? And how do such resources become government programs or bills? These are questions that the book: O Orçamento dos brasileiros: Por que ele não desperta maior interesse?? (The Brazilians? Budgets: Why isn?t it so interesting?) seeks to answer. Authored by...
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The Broad Consumer Price Index (IPCA), which measures the country's official inflation, increased 5.91% in 2013 - well above the 4.5% target. According to the Central Bank, the estimate for the IPCA is even higher this year: 6%. In this scenario of rising prices, FGV professors, Samy Dana and Luís Carlos Ewald, gave tips to organize the budget...
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São Paulo School of Business Administration (FGV/EAESP) and MyFunCity - private social network created to discuss public interests in Brazil recently awarded by the UN (United Nations) - released yesterday the results of research conducted in São Paulo which will be included in the Well Being Brazil Index. The survey measures the well-being of...
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The cost of living for the population aged over 60 increased less than the overall national average in 2013. This is the conclusion of the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (IPC-3i), calculated by the Brazilian Institute of Economics (FGV/IBRE).According to IBRE, the index registered a 2.10% increase in the fourth quarter of 2013, increasing...
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The political scientist at the Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (FGV/EBAPE), Carlos Pereira, had his article Imposing Budget: end of the bargain? published in the newspaper Valor Econômico on January 10th.The professor addressed the new Budget Guidelines Law, known as Imposing Budget, which forces the government to fully...
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The Program FGV Ensino Médio Digital (Digital High School) of Fundação Getulio Vargas launches this year Leres & Saberes Digital (You Read & You Know)- a free online course with content related to high school education and the Brazilian High School National Examination (Enem), in order to prepare students to enter public and private...
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During the entrepreneurial mission in Israel - a program developed by São Paulo School of Business Administration (FGV/EAESP) - Professor Tales Andreassi analyzed the entrepreneurship phenomenon in the country, also known as start-up nation, thanks to thousands of technology start-ups rising there in recent years.Tales says in his column for...
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Depending on how it is defined, the tax system of a country can serve not only as means of fundraising in order to finance government expenditures, but also as a social policy, said the researcher of the Applied Economics department of the Brazilian Institute of Economics (FGV/IBRE), Érica Diniz.According to the economist, there's the tendency...
