Honduras obtains $40M World Bank loan to digitize CRVS, expand ID verification services

Honduras is set to receive funding from the World Bank to the tune of $40 million to implement a project that seeks to digitize its civil registration and vital statistics system and support the improvement of the country’s identity verification services.

According to a press release, the project, ‘Strengthening Honduras’ National Civil Registry and Identification Ecosystem,’ aims to automate the central American nation’s civil registry, prompt an increase in birth registration and the issuance of identification credentials to children, and …

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