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

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

The ability to prove one's identity is a cornerstone of participation in modern life, yet over 1.5 billion people lack proof of legal identity. As a first step in assisting its client countries to close this identity gap, the World Bank Group&...

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Main Author: World Bank Group
Format: Report
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:
CIVIL REGISTRATION
eID
ELECTRONIC IDENTIFICATION
IDENTITY REGISTRY
POPULATION REGISTER
UNIQUE IDENTITY NUMBER
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/156111493234231522/The-State-of-identification-systems-in-Africa-a-synthesis-of-country-assessments
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spelling okr-10986-265042021-05-25T08:59:50Z The State of Identification Systems in Africa : A Synthesis of Country Assessments World Bank Group CIVIL REGISTRATION eID ELECTRONIC IDENTIFICATION IDENTITY REGISTRY POPULATION REGISTER UNIQUE IDENTITY NUMBER The ability to prove one's identity is a cornerstone of participation in modern life, yet over 1.5 billion people lack proof of legal identity. As a first step in assisting its client countries to close this identity gap, the World Bank Group's ID4D initiative conducts Identity Management Systems Analyses (IMSAs) to evaluate countries' identity ecosystems and facilitate collaboration with governments for future work. To date, analyses have been conducted in 17 African countries, including Botswana, Chad, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Guinea, Lenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Zambia. 2017-05-04T22:10:43Z 2017-05-04T22:10:43Z 2017-04 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/156111493234231522/The-State-of-identification-systems-in-Africa-a-synthesis-of-country-assessments http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26504 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Other Public Sector Study Economic & Sector Work Africa Sub-Saharan Africa
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eID
ELECTRONIC IDENTIFICATION
IDENTITY REGISTRY
POPULATION REGISTER
UNIQUE IDENTITY NUMBER
spellingShingle CIVIL REGISTRATION
eID
ELECTRONIC IDENTIFICATION
IDENTITY REGISTRY
POPULATION REGISTER
UNIQUE IDENTITY NUMBER
World Bank Group
The State of Identification Systems in Africa : A Synthesis of Country Assessments
geographic_facet Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
description The ability to prove one's identity is a cornerstone of participation in modern life, yet over 1.5 billion people lack proof of legal identity. As a first step in assisting its client countries to close this identity gap, the World Bank Group's ID4D initiative conducts Identity Management Systems Analyses (IMSAs) to evaluate countries' identity ecosystems and facilitate collaboration with governments for future work. To date, analyses have been conducted in 17 African countries, including Botswana, Chad, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Guinea, Lenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Zambia.
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title The State of Identification Systems in Africa : A Synthesis of Country Assessments
title_short The State of Identification Systems in Africa : A Synthesis of Country Assessments
title_full The State of Identification Systems in Africa : A Synthesis of Country Assessments
title_fullStr The State of Identification Systems in Africa : A Synthesis of Country Assessments
title_full_unstemmed The State of Identification Systems in Africa : A Synthesis of Country Assessments
title_sort state of identification systems in africa : a synthesis of country assessments
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2017
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/156111493234231522/The-State-of-identification-systems-in-Africa-a-synthesis-of-country-assessments
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