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G20 Digital Identity Onboarding
The World Bank explores the intersection between digital ID systems and the financial sector in the developing world.
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Digital Identity Opportunities for Women: Insights from Nigeria, Bangladesh, and Rwanda
A new GSMA report explores the role of mobile technology in addressing the gender-based identity gap.
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Understanding Capture and Validate KYC Processes: Global Experiences, Challenges and Learnings
The GSMA investigates the ways mobile network operators can validate cell phone users’ identities and provides learnings for how to best implement future systems.
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Access to Mobile Services and Proof of Identity in 2019
The GSMA explores how lack of legal identification impacts individuals’ ability to access vital cell phone services leaving them digitally, socially and financially excluded.
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Exploring the Gender Gap in Identification
With women and girls disproportionately excluded by official identification systems, GSMA explores the unique policy-related challenges female citizens face when accessing or using ID.
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Future of Digital Identity - Report Launch
This report by Future Agenda, led by Dr. Robin Pharoah, James Alexander, and Patrick Harris, and funded by Mastercard, reviews the findings of the “The Future of Digital Identity” programme which included a series of global workshops and insight gathering with 120 experts.
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Good ID: What’s tech got to do with it? Workshop Report
The second #GoodID workshop - held in Nairobi on April 25 2019 and supported by Omidyar Network - explored the role of technology characteristics in advancing digital ID systems.
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Identity and the Urban Poor
With over two-thirds of the world’s population set to be living in cities by 2050, GSMA surveys the identity needs and challenges of the poorest urban residents.
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Digital Identity: On the Threshold of a Digital Identity Revolution
A White Paper by the World Economic Forum explores the challenges with current ID systems and the trends that will have a significant impact on the future of ID.
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The Role of Digital Identification for Healthcare
This paper - authored by the ID4D initiative - brings together examples of how foundational identification is used in healthcare systems around the world.
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