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Mission Billion solicits innovative solutions

Mission Billion solicits innovative solutions to empower the world’s invisible billion

adigitalphilippines

A digital Philippines: Leveraging ID for a digital social protection delivery

Reforzar la inclusión de la orientación sexual y la identidad de género (SOGI) en los sistemas de identificación

Reforzar la inclusión de la orientación sexual y la identidad de género (SOGI) en los sistemas de identificación

Strengthening gender identity inclusion in ID systems

Strengthening gender identity inclusion in ID systems

Good digital ID needs great data protection

Good digital ID needs great data protection

Women’s access to ID in Nigeria

Community solutions for improving women’s access to ID in Nigeria

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Digital ID systems can help vaccination deployment, but should never be a barrier to access

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Digital technologies can support countries to face the scale and complexity of COVID-19 vaccine delivery

Ezra

10 principles for good ID: A 2021 refresh

National ID in Lesotho is putting citizens at the center

National ID in Lesotho is putting citizens at the center

Good digital ID needs great data protection

Good digital ID needs great data protection

Creating Disability Inclusive ID System Cover

Access, agency and empowerment through disability-inclusive ID Systems

Photo Credit Nyani Quarmyne-International Finance Corporation

Op-ed by Mari Pangestu: Harnessing the power of digital ID

Cash Transfer Photo by Dominic Chavez WB

Inclusive and trusted digital ID can unlock opportunities for the world’s most vulnerable

ID4D_Empowerment Begins With Identity photo by Daniel Silva Yoshisato

Empowerment begins with identity

A woman inserting a new SIM card into a mobile phone in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Photo © Nyani Quarmyne/International Finance Corporation

New practitioner’s guide to help countries in their digital identification journey

Refugees line up at the UNHCR registration center in Tripoli, Lebanon © Mohamed Azakir / World Bank

Refugee women face complex barriers to proving identity

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ID systems and the public purse: What do they cost, and what do they save?

Women with ID card. Photo: Daniel Silva Yashisato

Calling all innovators! Help achieve ‘Good ID’ for the world’s invisible billion

Suguna, one of the many women who has benefited from Aadhaar– her digital identity. © Bernat Parera

Giving people control over their data can transform development

Peruvians with ID cards

Identification as a centerpiece for development: What can other countries learn from Peru?

Identification for Development: Its Potential for Empowering Women and Girls

Identification for development: Its potential for empowering women and girls

UNHCR

Empowering refugees and internally displaced persons through digital identity

Photo: Daniel Silva

The global identification challenge: Who are the 1 billion people without proof of identity?

Demystifying technologies for digital identification

Demystifying technologies for digital identification

Ten Principles on Identification for Sustainable Development

Ten Principles on Identification for Sustainable Development

Pierina-story

#EveryID has a Story: The gift of hearing by way of an ID card: Pierina’s story

Public-private cooperation to build digital identity systems

Public-private cooperation to build digital identity systems

Peru. Photo: Daniel Silva

Counting the uncounted: 1.1 billion people without proof of legal ID

Oromia region, Ethiopia. Photo: Binyam Teshome / World Bank

Making everyone count: How identification could transform the lives of millions of Africans

EastAfrica

Opening Doors: How national IDs empower women cross border traders in East Africa

Underage with an ID to prove it

Underage with an ID to prove it

Making the invisible billion more visible: the power of digital identification

Making the invisible billion more visible: the power of digital identification

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