Biometric citizen enrollment and identification delivers efficiency gains

By Brian DeGonia, Director, Biometric Solution Enablement at HID

Governments around the world are turning to fingerprints as they upgrade or establish civil registration and identification programs to reap a wide range of benefits.

Many countries currently include fingerprints in their civil registration programs, like Namibia. While the country has considered adding other biometric modalities to its civil registry, the use of fingerprints has also led the Namibian government to consider reducing the age of eligibility for registration.

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