Randeep Sudan Practice Manager for ICT June 2015 1 What is the - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Randeep Sudan

Practice Manager for ICT

June 2015

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What is the development opportunity?

• Support the Sustainable Development Goals (target #16.9) :

“provide legal identity for all, including birth registration, by 2030”

500

million

• Contribute to World Bank goals of ending extreme poverty and

boosting shared prosperity, while also improving service delivery:

People do not have access to financial services for lack of recognized ID documentation

50

billion dollars

Could be saved annually in global public spending by 2020 due to digital ID-enabled services

* Most of these children and adults come from the poorest households and live in rural areas of Africa and Asia

625

million

Children* (0-14 yrs) have not been registered

1.8

billion

Adults*, especially women, do not have identity credentials People are “stateless” for lack of recognized ID

10

million

Multisectoral Approach Coordinated Donor Action

What is our approach?

Making Everyone Count Providing an Identity and Delivering Digital ID-enabled Services to All

VISION ACTIVITIES

Assessment of identification systems Implementation & Monitoring Design of integrated identification systems and enabling environment

Leadership and Political Commitment

ENABLERS

ICT Ecosystem

Support from the Government of France

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Analytical work / Strategy formulation Global advocacy/ partnerships Project preparation

• Digital Identity Toolkit

for Policy-makers in Africa

• Digital Identity for

Development – Connections series note

• Digital Identity

Spotlight in WDR16

• Partnerships with key

private sector players:  Secure Identity Alliance  GSMA

• Partnerships with other

donor partners and think tanks

• Identity Management

(IDM) Experts Group

• Knowledge and

access to expertise helped prepare lending projects and TA in :  Moldova  Ghana  Djibouti  Guinea  Nigeria  Vietnam, etc. Inputs into the ID4D Strategic Framework + ID4D focus countries

Example of the Ebola countries

Technical assistance to develop a biometric identification system* in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone

• Trace people and contacts

to contain the spread of disease

• Track treatments received

to monitor results

• Track cross-border

movements of populations

• Track payments to

health workers and public employees (civil servants)

• Track aid and welfare

distribution to avoid fraud and waste

* Integrated with other delivery systems, such as national ID system, mobile payment, electronic health record system, social protection registries, among others.

• 770 million people

already enrolled and granted a digital ID

• Unique ID verifiable
• nline at the point of

service, in real time

• Aadhaar - enabled

access to a bank account and payment platform

• Aadhaar - enabled

access to electronic, paperless services

• Rightful claimant gets the

service or benefit

• Same person can’t claim

benefits multiple times

• Fictitious people can’t

claim benefits

Following India’s Aadhaar example

Identity Access to Services Transparency

• Legal backing of the program only recently obtained
• Political economy issues around the inclusion of migrant populations

Risks & Issues identified

Towards a global, regional or sub-regional pooled approach ?

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• A standards-based approach to ensure interoperability of

systems and help drive technology costs down, with an Aadhaar-type of platform across as many countries as possible

• Separation of use cases from the core ID registration/issuance :

delivery of basic services, such as a opening of a bank account, to be made possible with proof of unique ID (independent of citizenship, eligibility to vote, etc.)

• Help deliver the SDG goals and specific country targets faster

and in a cost-efficient manner, at global scale

Mitigating the risks

• Robust Privacy and Personal

Data Protection frameworks

Potential Risks Mitigation measures

• Strengthened legal/regulatory

frameworks

• Social Impact Assessment and on-

the-ground presence

• Interoperability standards and IT

procurement guidelines

• Resilient ICT ecosystem
• Establish a governance model

based on legitimate leadership and political commitment

• Misuse of personal data: the ability to

cross-reference personal data through a unique ID can allow for easier surveillance

• f targeted groups
• Exclusion of minority groups: requirements

to present IDs can exclude people if access is not universal (e.g. for refugees and migrants) Political Economy Risks : Technology Risks:

• Complex IT procurements that can result in

“vendor lock-in” situations

• Cyber-security threats
• Lack of coordination between Ministries,

government agencies and other stakeholders Implementation Risks:

Next Steps

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• Operationalization of the WDR16 : Digital Identity piece
• Policy recommendations to client countries, with respect to core

principles for design and deployment of digital IDs infrastructure and applications

• Partnerships with international donor community and private

sector, to develop regional (or sub-regional) ID4D programs