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ID4D Practitioner's Guide

ID4D Practitioner's Guide

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Principles on Identification for Sustainable Development (Second Edition)

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ID4D Federated Digital ID

ID4D Federated Ecosystems for Digital ID (English)

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A Digital Stack

A Digital Stack for Transforming Service Delivery : ID, Payments, and Data Sharing

National Digital Identity and Government Data Sharing in Singapore

National Digital Identity and Government Data Sharing in Singapore : A Case Study of Singpass and APEX

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Engaging Civil Society Organizations for Successful ID Systems: Guidance Note

Digital ID Vaccine

Digital ID Systems as an Enabler of Effective Covid-19 Vaccination (English)

Philippines Statistics Authority (PSA)

ID and COVID-19 : Overview of Country Examples in Safety Protocols and Practices

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Strategic Communications for Identification Systems : Guidance Note (English)

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Using Biometrics to Deliver Cash Payments to Women

Using Biometrics to Deliver Cash Payments to Women : Early Results From an Impact Evaluation in Pakistan - Evidence Note

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Global ID Coverage, Barriers, and Use by the Numbers: An In-Depth Look at the 2017 ID4D-Findex Survey

Global ID Coverage, Barriers, and Use by the Numbers: An In-Depth Look at the 2017 ID4D-Findex Survey

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IDSOGI

ID Systems and SOGI Inclusive Design

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Barriers to the Inclusion of Women and Marginalized Groups in Nigeria’s ID System : Findings and Solutions from an In-Depth Qualitative Study

Barriers to the Inclusion of Women and Marginalized Groups in Nigeria’s ID System : Findings and Solutions from an In-Depth Qualitative Study

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Understanding the Gender Gap in ID : Key Research Findings and Policy Lessons from Nigeria - Evidence Note (English)

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ID Enrollment Strategies: Practical Lessons From Around The Globe

ID Enrollment Strategies: Practical Lessons From Around The Globe

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People’s Perspectives on ID and Civil Registration in Rwanda : Research Report

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Creating Disability Inclusive ID Systems

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Privacy by Design Report

Privacy by Design: Current Practices in Estonia, India and Austria

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Open Source for Global Public Goods

Open Source for Global Public Goods

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Understanding Cost Drivers of Identification Systems

Understanding Cost Drivers of Identification Systems

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Digital ID and the Data Protection Challenge: Practitioner's Note

Digital ID and the Data Protection Challenge: Practitioner's Note

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Identity Authentication and Verification Fees : Overview of Current Practices

Identity Authentication and Verification Fees: Overview of Current Practices

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 Qualitative Research Toolkit

Understanding People's Perspectives on Identification: A Qualitative Research Toolkit

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G20 Digital Identity Onboarding

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The Role of Digital Indentification in Agriculture

The Role of Digital Identification in Agriculture: Emerging Applications

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The Role of Digital Identification for Healthcare: The Emerging Use Cases

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Identification in the Context of Forced Displacement

Identification in the Context of Forced Displacement

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The Role of Identification in Ending Child Marriage: Identification for Development

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Incentives for Improving Birth Registration Coverage: A Review of the Literature

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Private Sector Economic Impacts from Identification Systems

Private Sector Economic Impacts from Identification Systems

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Public Sector Savings and Revenue from Identification Systems

Public Sector Savings and Revenue from Identification Systems

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Technology Landscape for Digital Identification

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Argentina ID Case Study: The Evolution of Identification

Argentina ID Case Study: The Evolution of Identification

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Moldova Mobile ID Case Study

Moldova Mobile ID Case Study

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South Africa ID Case Study

South Africa ID Case Study

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Study of Options for Mutual Recognition of National IDs in the East African Community

Study of Options for Mutual Recognition of National IDs in the East African Community

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The State of Identification Systems in Africa: A Synthesis of Country Assessments

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The State of Identification Systems in Africa: Country Briefs

The State of Identification Systems in Africa: Country Briefs

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Identification for Development: Africa Business Plan

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Digital Identity: Public and Private Sector Cooperation

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Identification for Development: Its Potential for Empowering Women and Girls

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ID Enabling Environment Assessment (IDEEA)

ID Enabling Environment Assessment (IDEEA)

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Guidelines for ID4D Diagnostics

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The Catalog of Technical Standards for Digital Identification Systems

The Catalog of Technical Standards for Digital Identification Systems

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