G7 guidelines for central bank digital currencies:

GS Paper 3 Topics Covered: Awareness in technology.   Context: G7 finance leaders have laid out guidelines for central bank digital currencies.   The guidelines include: Any digital currency issued by a central bank must “support and do no harm” to the bank’s ability to fulfil its mandate on monetary and financial stability, and must also …

World Bank Doing Business report:

GS Paper 2 Topics Covered: Important International institutions, agencies and fora, their structure, mandate.   Context- What has happened? The World Bank, in mid-September, announced that it was set to discontinue publishing its Doing Business report.   Why? This announcement came on the back of an independent investigation that, reportedly, found “data irregularities” that prevailed …