Documents & Reports

ID4D Diagnostic in Sao Tome e Principe (English)

The World Bank Group’s Identification for Development (ID4D) Initiative harnesses global and cross sectoral knowledge, World Bank financing instruments, and partnerships to help countries realize the transformational...

Diagnóstico de Sistemas de Identificação em São Tomé e Príncipe (Portuguese)

A initiativa Identidade para o Desenvolvimento - ID4D - combina o conhecimento global, experiência intersectorial, assistência financeira e técnica e parcerias para ajudar os países a concretizar o potencial...

Strategic Communications for Identification Systems : Guidance Note (English)

This guidance note unpacks how strategic communications can enhance the design, implementation, and delivery of identification (ID) systems that are inclusive and trusted. When leveraged holistically...

ID4D_StrategicCommunicationsGuide_EN (English)

ID4D Federated Ecosystems for Digital ID (English)

Principles on Identification for Sustainable Development : Toward the Digital Age (Portuguese)

Every person has the right to participate fully in their society and economy and to be recognized as a person before the law. Yet, as many as 1 billion people across the world do not have basic proof of...

Principles on Identification for Sustainable Development : Toward the Digital Age (Spanish)

Every person has the right to participate fully in their society and economy and to be recognized as a person before the law. Yet, as many as 1 billion people across the world do not have basic proof of...

Principles on Identification for Sustainable Development : Toward the Digital Age (Russian)

Every person has the right to participate fully in their society and economy and to be recognized as a person before the law. Yet, as many as 1 billion people across the world do not have basic proof of...

Principles on Identification for Sustainable Development : Toward the Digital Age (English)

Every person has the right to participate fully in their society and economy and to be recognized as a person before the law. Yet, as many as 1 billion people across the world do not have basic proof of...

Principles on Identification for Sustainable Development : Toward the Digital Age (French)

Every person has the right to participate fully in their society and economy and to be recognized as a person before the law. Yet, as many as 1 billion people across the world do not have basic proof of...

Principles on Identification for Sustainable Development : Toward the Digital Age (Arabic)

Every person has the right to participate fully in their society and economy and to be recognized as a person before the law. Yet, as many as 1 billion people across the world do not have basic proof of...

National Digital Identity and Government Data Sharing in Singapore : A Case Study of Singpass and APEX (English)

This case study describes Singapore’s National Digital Identity (NDI) (known as Singpass and inclusive of its Myinfo personal data sharing consent product) and government data sharing platform (known as...

Guidance Note on Engaging Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) for Successful ID Systems (English)

The success of ID projects goes beyond technology, people need to understand and trust the ID system, and governments require information to monitor, evaluate, and improve implementation. If a system is...

A Primer on Biometrics for ID Systems (English)

The World Bank Group’s Identification for Development (ID4D) Initiative prepared a Primer on Biometrics for ID Systems (Primer) as a reference document for practitioners, civil society organizations, development...

Catalog of Technical Standards for Digital Identification Systems (English)

Robust and inclusive identification systems are crucial for development, as enshrined in sustainable development goal (SDG) target 16.9, which mandates countries to provide legal identity for all, including...

A Digital Stack for Transforming Service Delivery ID-Payments and Data Sharing (English)

Digital technologies are changing how the world interacts and transacts. From opening bank accounts to parents enrolling their children in school and social safety net programs verifying a new beneficiary...

ID Systems and SOGI Inclusive Design (English)

The Principles on Identification for Sustainable Development, endorsed by 30 organizations, provides a framework for how to design identification (ID) systems that fulfill the promise of inclusive, sustainable...

People’s Perspectives on ID and Civil Registration in Rwanda : Research Report (English)

Rwanda's electronic national population register (NPR) and ID project was first launched in 2008 and has since achieved impressive coverage. Today, the NPR captures the information of approximately 98...

ID and COVID-19 : Overview of Country Examples in Safety Protocols and Practices (English)

Across the globe, countries have leveraged foundational identification (ID) systems as part of their COVID-19 pandemic (coronavirus) and to transition to online service delivery. Where inclusive and trusted...

Creating Disability Inclusive ID Systems (English)

Access to identification is a vital priority. In developing countries, persons with disabilities are among those most likely to face barriers in accessing government services such as health and rehabilitation...