The UK will contribute £15 million to a World Bank initiative designed to help some of the world’s poorest people have better access to essential services such as healthcare and banking, the Chancellor announced today (17 July) as part of a meeting of G7 Finance Ministers in France.
Learn more about applying to the World Bank Group's ID4D Mission Billion Challenge. The Challenge: How can digital identification systems in developing countries be better designed or adapted to protect people’s privacy and empower them with greater control over their personal data?
In an increasingly digital age, the lack of verifiable identification often results in exclusion from economic opportunities and a variety of social and political rights. As this agenda continues to grow globally, a few persistent issues constantly surface. It is for this reason that ID4D and its partners want to spur innovative ideas and solutions to these perennial issues by launching the Mission Billion Challenge, which will focus on a single pressing issue each year.