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  "title": "Central Bank Digital Currencies: Principles and Policy Considerations (CBDC)",
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  "summary": "Central Bank Digital Currencies: Principles and Policy Considerations Training Program Target Audience Mid-level to senior officials in central banks and other government agencies dealing with regulation of the financial sector.",
  "publishDate": "2024-05-28",
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      "heading": "Invitation and Logistics",
      "content": "- Event: Central Bank Digital Currencies: Principles and Policy Considerations (CBDC) training program presented by the Institute for Capacity Development.\n- Session No.: CT 24.04\n- Location: Shenzhen, China\n- Date: February 19-23, 2024 (1 week)\n- Delivery Method: In-person Training\n- Primary Language: English"
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      "heading": "Target Audience and Qualifications",
      "content": "- Target Audience:\n  - Mid-level to senior officials in central banks and other government agencies dealing with regulation of the financial sector.\n- Qualifications:\n  - Participants are expected to have an advanced degree in economics or finance or equivalent work experience."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Course Description — scope, themes, and analytical framing",
      "content": "- Purpose:\n  - Designed to give participants a foundation in central bank digital currencies.\n- Analytical scope and content:\n  - Assesses the business case for CBDC adoption from the perspective of users and central banks.\n  - Presents motivations and introductory remarks on digitalization.\n  - Discusses the different forms of CBDCs and presents considerations for CBDC design and a conceptual framework.\n  - Presents the benefits, costs and risks related to CBDCs.\n  - Studies implications of CBDCs for financial stability and bank intermediation, the monetary policy transmission, financial integrity, and financial inclusion.\n  - Devotes time to regulatory considerations at both the national and international level.\n  - Uses case studies to reflect on and discuss country experiences, and to test understanding of successful strategies and reasons some countries have chosen not to proceed with implementation."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Course Objectives — competencies participants should attain",
      "content": "- Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:\n  - Explain the economic rationale for the use of CBDCs compared to other payment instruments.\n  - Use the framework presented in the course to think about the design and implementation of CBDCs.\n  - Use the concepts introduced in the course to assess the benefits and costs of CBDCs.\n  - Identify threats to financial stability and various risks based on country case studies.\n  - Extract lessons from country pilots to try to prevent design pitfalls."
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      "heading": "Additional institutional note",
      "content": "- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) offers online training to government officials and the public."
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