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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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  UK National Audit Office’s Investigation into GOV.UK Verify

  An investigative report into the UK’s online identity verification programme by Comptroller and Auditor General of the National Audit Office.

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  Good ID: What’s policy got to do with it? Workshop Report

  The Shorenstein Center at Harvard Kennedy School and Omidyar Network hosted a workshop in Boston in February 2019 that explored the governance of digital identity.

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  The Nail Finds a Hammer

  In this excellent report released last fall, New America maps out ID principles and looks hard at self-sovereign identity, design principles and property rights in the developing world.

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  Digital Identification: A Key to Inclusive Growth

  This new research by McKinsey Global Institute explores how digital identity, and ensuring all people have access to good digital identity and legal identity worldwide, will encourage positive inclusive economic growth.

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