Identification for Development : Botswana
This report analyzes the Identity Management System of the Republic of Botswana with respect to 1) accessibility, 2) robustness, 3) integration and regulated access to data, and 4) legal frameworks and data protection, and documents the extent to w...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/864651486101539760/Botswana-Identification-for-development-id4d-identification-system-analysis http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26051 |
| Summary: | This report analyzes the Identity
Management System of the Republic of Botswana with respect
to 1) accessibility, 2) robustness, 3) integration and
regulated access to data, and 4) legal frameworks and data
protection, and documents the extent to which the legal and
institutional framework and the human and physical
infrastructures have facilitated the establishment,
operationalization and management of identity management as
a comprehensive system. Botswana has a single foundational
Identity Management System which is a primary tool for
public administration and governance as well as facilitation
of service delivery to the public. It creates one identity
per person pursuant to the current legal framework which is
used several times by the person at various institutions to
facilitate the individual’s access to services including
social safety net programs, claiming of rights and
entitlements. The national identity card is used as a
breeder document for obtaining other documents such as
passports, driver’s licenses and voter registration cards.
The Botswana National Identity System is facilitated by
legal reforms and reviews, risk management, rigorous
re-engineering and re-design of business processes, an
effective ID management cycle, continuous monitoring and
evaluation, and data security and integrity management. It
is envisaged that the ID-management system will in the
future be linked to the immigration and citizenship system
under the department of immigration and citizenship to
progress it to a fully-fledged population register or people hub. |
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