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On April 30, the Brazilian Institute of Economics (FGV/IBRE) and FGV Press will launch the book ?Gargalos e Soluções na Infraestrutura de Transportes? (Bottlenecks and Solutions in Transport Infrastructure). Organized by the coordinator of IBRE's Applied Economics department, Armando Castelar and the researcher Cláudio Frischtak, the work has...
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On April 8th, students, employees and visitors of Fundação Getulio Vargas will be able to make a contribution to Rio+ project - an initiative of Benfeitoria, in partnership with Rio de Janeiro Law School (FGV DIREITO RIO), which aims to include the citizen in the reinvention of the city. A voting terminal will be placed in the lobby of FGV's...
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The Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (FGV/EBAPE) will welcome, on April 14, the Professor Emeritus of University of Paris-Sorbonne, Wladimir Andreff, who will teach a lecture on Economics and Sports Management: The FIFA World Cup and the Olympic Games in Brazil: What to look for.Considered one of the most renowned experts...
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During this week, a group of over 30 students from 17 U.S. universities visited FGV through the International Academic Partnership program - an initiative that has the support of a specific fund of the U.S. Department of Education for the development of graduate education of the country, and aims to increase the number of partnerships with...
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A partnership between the professor of São Paulo School of Business Administration (FGV/EAESP), João Brandão, and the website Brasil Mais TI (of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation) can help students choose which career to pursue. The result are the games Escolha de Carreira? (Career Choice), aimed at recently-graduated students...
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On Wednesday, April 2, FGV's São Paulo Law School welcomed José Carlos Dias, José Gregori and Miguel Reale to take stock of the legacy of fighting military dictatorship for the Rule of Law. The three former Ministers of Justice reported to students, staff and faculty the experiences during the regime - where they stood out for defending people...
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On March 20, FGV's President, Carlos Ivan Simonsen Leal, and its international director, Bianor Cavalcanti, welcomed the Consul General and the Vice Consul of the Consulate of China in Rio de Janeiro, Song Yang and Alex Jianwei Ma.The purpose of the meeting was to exchange information about the history of Brazil and China, highlighting the...
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FGV Management Brasília held on Tuesday one more meeting of Ciclo de Palestras - a series of events bringing together experts, scholars and market benchmark professionals in the fields covered by Fundação Getulio Vargas.In his speech, FGV's Director of Communication and Marketing, Marcos Facó, discussed The New Consumer on Social...
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The project Petróleo, Gás e Federação - Instituições Políticas e Recursos Naturais no Equilíbrio Federativo? (Oil and Gas Federation - Political Institutions and Natural Resources in Federative Balance), of FGV/EBAPE Professors Carlos Pereira and Robert Gregory Michener, was...
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The professor of Business Law and Capital Markets of São Paulo Law School, Mariana Pargendler, has been to Columbia Law School for the Oxford Handbook Conference, where she presented the paper Corporate Governance in Emerging Markets. The study addressed the extent and change engines in the corporate governance of emerging countries by...
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With the support of Fundação Getulio Vargas, Infoglobo - which publishes the newspapers O GLOBO, Extra and Expresso - is sponsoring Prêmio Jovens Empreendedores (Young Entrepreneurs Award), which will select the best ideas in the fields of sustainability, culture, education, urban mobility, services, technology or social responsibility....
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On March 24-28, FGV welcomed 14 students of the Paris-Dauphine University in another edition of the seminar Doing Business in Brazil - promoted by the International Division (DINT) with the purpose of offering foreign students of partner universities more insight on the full socioeconomic reality of Brazil today, besides encouraging countries...
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Three of the research projects that make up the activities of the newly established Laboratory for the Study of Institutions (LEI) of the School of Social Sciences (FGV/CPDOC) were awarded with funding from Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ). The projects selected address repression and prosecution of crimes against the...
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From March 10-14, students from Krannert School of Management, at Purdue University, in the United States - one of the international partners of the School, visited the Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration of Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV/EBAPE). They've attended the Doing Business in Brazil, a course offered by EBAPE...
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The Academic Management Division (DGA) of the Institute of Educational Development (DGA-IDE) resumed, on March 24, the project Café com Saber (Coffee with Knowledge) - a series of events dedicated to the discussion of topics of interest to the Institute's education community. The first edition of 2014 brought together the academic coordinators...
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Last Friday, March 29, Minister Guido Mantega was at FGV in São Paulo to deliver the Main Lecture of São Paulo School of Economics (EESP). The event took place at the newly opened Auditorium Itaú and honored Mantega for his significance in the economic history of the country, since he is the Minister of Finance who has been the longest in...
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Today we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the coup that overthrew President João Goulart and founded a military dictatorship in Brazil. The period between 1964 and 1985, the so-called lead years, through the advocacy's perspective, is the subject of the book Advocacia em Tempos Difíceis? (Advocacy in Tough Times) - an...
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Facts about the lives of those who received the Nobel Prize, inventions that changed the world, the selection criteria and the honoring categories are some of the highlights of the exhibition The Nobel Prize - Ideas Changing the World - that Rio de Janeiro's audience can visit until April 19 at the newly opened FGV Cultural Center.Held in...
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Over the past week, FGV's São Paulo Law School, in partnership with Pro Bono Institute, New Perimeter and PILNet (Public Interest Law Network), hosted a short course to discuss the regulation of Pro Bono Legal Services, which resulted in a closing debate on Friday, the 28th.The meeting was attended by Marcos Fuchs, director of the...
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Industry and production development in Brazil: what should the government's strategy be for the 2015-2018 period? This is the topic of a seminar organized in partnership between the São Paulo School of Economics (FGV/EESP) and the Brazilian Institute of Economics (FGV/IBRE) - which will gather on May 26 and 27 economists of FGV and from all...


