World Bank ID4D report shows govt-issued IDs still limited in digital capabilities

In addition to the at least 850 million people estimated to have no form of legal identity in the world, there are several millions more who do not have any ‘digitally identifiable’ ID, according to a World Bank report.

The findings of the World Bank 2021-2023 Identification for Development (ID4D) Global Dataset update, published a few days ago, spotlight the digital capabilities of government-run identification systems across three important dimensions. These include digital data (data stored in digital …

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