The situation in Guinea is significantly different from that in many other West African countries regarding the risks associated with new identification schemes. While Guinea shares the experience of other...
Authentication of identity has become inextricably associated with individual access to government services and the assertion of rights that enhance participation, inclusion and protection from discrimination...
Over the course of 2018, the ID4D Initiative led three qualitative studies on end-user experiences with identification in three countries in in West Africa, East Africa, and East Asia, under the supervision...
The situation in Cote d’Ivoire requires that extreme care be exercised in designing a digital national identification system. The decades-long politicization of citizenship has meant that there is absolutely...
Globally, over 1.1 billion people, including 502 million people in sub-Saharan Africa lack recognized government proof of identification and consequently face barrier in accessing political, economic rights...
Over 1 billion people globally lack means of identification, with 500Million from Sub-Saharan Africa. This greatly affects access to services in health, education, social and safety nets, financial and...