Major financial inclusion progress made since 2011, World Bank says
Great progress has been made in financial inclusion since 2011, when only half of adults worldwide had a bank or…
SDG 16.9
UN Sustainable Development Goal 16.9 calls for legal identity for all people worldwide, including birth registration, by 2030.
St. Kitts and Nevis to issue over 25k national digital ID cards in 2026
The Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Hon. Dr. Terrance Drew, has stated that the country’s national digital ID…
An approach to developing digital identification in the context of DPI
By Juan Pablo García Cairello, Digital Identity Manager at AGESIC In 2023, G20 leaders defined Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) as…
APAC governments commit to closing CRVS gap by 2030
Governments of Asian and Pacific nations have committed to improving the coverage of their birth registration, civil registration and vital…
Optimistic plan would pair universal legal identity with basic income program
A new paper calls the lack of legal identity for millions of people around the world one of the “most…
LSE Identity Project reflects on 20 years of observing, influencing digital identity policy
The London School of Economics (LSE) Identity Project is celebrating twenty years of existence. At an event held in London,…
Zambia says using multiple strategies to meet 50 percent birth registration goal by 2026
Zambia is currently at a point of transition where it is moving from extremely limited birth registration to universal registration…
Guinea-Bissau deploys efforts to digitize birth registration, national ID systems
Considerable efforts are underway to ensure the complete digitization, integration and modernization of the civil registration and national ID systems…
Chad, Mali, Senegal pursue birth registration reforms to close gaps
Efforts deployed by the Republics of Chad, Mali and Senegal to reform and digitize their respective birth registration systems are…
Sri Lanka OneRegistry to bridge gap between citizens and government databases
With help from the UN Development Program (UNDP) and the World Health Organization (WHO), along with the UN Sri Lanka…
