Connect ID Conference │ Washington, D.C.

May 3, 2017

THE ROAD AHEAD

What have we learnt to date?

What is the World Bank Group doing?

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Context 1

1.1 billion

Estimated individuals are

without identification

globally, compared to 1.5

billion last year.1

Context

1. ID4D Global Dataset 2017

43% or 492 million

are in Sub-Saharan

Africa

290 million

or 45% of children

under 5 years do not

have a birth certificate

1. UNICEF 2013

Context

Gender Equality

The Possibilities: Scope of Impact

Financial Inclusion

Health Services/Outcomes

Social Safety Payments

Improved Governance

PAKISTAN: NADRA linked direct transfer of benefits to female

head of household and had 12 female only enrollment centers;

increased female enrolment by 100% from 2008 - 2014

ARGENTINA: Linked 13 public registers and saved

US$104mm in reduced leakage and tax fraud

PAKISTAN: NADRA database used to pay flood relief to 1.5

million families.

PERU: ID allowed tracking of vaccinations; verifies beneficiaries

to access universal health insurance benefits and track services

INDIA: 257 mm bank accounts linked with Aadhaar; 21 mm

bank accounts open with eKYC

132 million

The number of Africans who could open their first bank accounts

upon receiving proper documentation.

The total value of social safety net programs in Africa which could

benefit from improved targeting and management.

>$6 billion

In Africa alone, the potential scale of impact is tremendous.

$13 billion

The total value of remittances sent and received in Sub-Saharan Africa

in 2016 which could benefit from lower transaction costs.

The number of refugees in Sub-Saharan Africa who could have

access to better protection and humanitarian assistance.

4.4 million

What have we learnt to date?

What is the World Bank Group doing?

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Context: Why is ID important? 1

22 Country Assessments completed in Africa

MOROCCO

NIGERIA

BOTSWANA

DRC

IVORY COAST

KENYA

FISCAL YEAR - 2016 FISCAL YEAR - 2015

SIERRA LEONE

LIBERIA

GHANA

ETHIOPIA

CAMEROON

TANZANIA

CHAD

NAMIBIA

GUINEA

BURKINA FASO MADAGASCAR

ZAMBIA

FISCAL YEAR - 2017

RWANDA

SAO TOME & PRINCIPE

NIGER

SOMALIA

LESOTHO

Frequent Challenges

Challenges

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ce

C

osts &

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ccessib

ility

Technology & Infrastructure

Legal & Regulatory

• Legacy manual paper-

based systems

• Lack of connectivity to

remote locations

• Vendor lock-in

• Fees, indirect costs, and

convoluted processes

exclude vulnerable

groups

• Unclear agency

mandates

• Lack of regulation on

privacy & data

protection, leading to

lack of trust

• Fragmented

decentralised systems

• Lack of coordination,

between civil

registration and ID

Standards-based Competitive Approach

Avoid vendor lock-in & proprietary technology

India: Open standards; constant

competition across three vendors

Estonia: Population registry with

minimal data, with user controlled

secure link to 170 functional databases

Peru: ID linked with financial

services, health insurance, social

payments, pensions, and scholarships

Key Success Factors

Namibia: ID part of national-

level planning; integrated system

Political Will & Coordination

High level support & cross-ministerial engagement to

develop a national ecosystem-wide action plan

Inclusive Approach to Enrolment

Focus on access to remote or vulnerable populations

Botswana: Launched campaign

towards universal birth registration

for vulnerable groups (esp. remote)

Unique Identifier from Birth to Death

Identification linked to civil registration

Uganda: Laid the foundation for

providing unique identity from birth

with integrated agency for CR & ID

Minimalist Approach to Basic Identity

Basic foundational layer

Linkages to Development Uses

Demand-driven approach to increasing enrolment

Principles of ID Systems

What have we learnt to date?

What is the World Bank Group doing?

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Context: Why is ID important? 1

Transport

& ICT

Social

Protection

& Labor

Finance &

Markets

Health,

Nutrition,

Population

Governance Gender Legal DEC IFC

(Multidonor platform, with catalytic funding from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Omidyar Network)

Global Practices Other WB groups

Effective

Targeting of

Social Safety

Nets and

Pensions

Leveraging

ICT;

eGovernment

Solutions

Increased

Transparency

and Revenue

Mobilization;

Civil Service

Reform

Demographic

Data and

Vital

Statistics

Privacy; Data

Security &

Protection;

Anti-

Discrimination

Women’s

Empowerment

for Property

Rights &

Financial

Access

Universal

Health

Coverage;

CRVS;

Improved

Tracking of

Health

Outcomes

Financial

Inclusion &

Credit

Reporting;

Digital

payment

systems

Fintech &

Public Private

Partnerships

ID4D: Leveraging support across the Bank

ID4D Activities

Global Convening &

Advocacy

Country & Regional

Engagement

Analytics &

Thought Leadership

…and the tracking of

progress towards our goals.

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ID4D Analytics & Thought Leadership

*Complete and available on the website

Why identification systems

are important…

Linkages

with delivery

of services

Role of ID

in Financial

Inclusion

Potential

Fiscal

Savings

Impact

Assessments

of ID

systems

Global

Dataset &

trend

analysis

…How to build robust

identification systems…

Costs

of ID

systems

Links to

Birth

Registration

Institutional

arrangements

Authentication

Approaches

Legal

Frameworks

Country

Case

Studies

Global

Standards

Role of ID

in Forced

Displacement*

ID and

Ending Child

Marriage*

Public Private

Partnerships*

Emerging

Tech

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Identity Management System Analysis (IMSA)

Roadmap & Strategic planning

Cost-benefit and feasibility studies of options

Design and specifications of systems

Strategies to increase enrollment and coverage

Linkages to civil registration

Cross-sectoral dialogue (public and private)

Legal and regulatory reforms

Pilots to test specific use cases

Integration and development of technical

standards & interoperability frameworks

World Bank projects to finance (or co-finance)

implementation

Design & Roadmap

Implementation Financing

Assessment

ID4D Country Engagement

ZAMBIA: Supporting cost-benefit analysis

for the next generation national ID,

including integration with civil registration

NIGERIA: Supporting

development of an action plan for

NIMC and regulatory reforms

MOROCCO: $100m project to provide a

unique ID number to all residents in

support for social protection delivery

WEST & EAST AFRICA

REGIONAL OPERATIONS:

Working to roll-out national

identification systems with mutual

recognition across borders

ID4D Global Convening & Advocacy

Planned global convening and advocacy activities include:

South – South

Knowledge

Exchange

Common

Principles on

Identification

Convening of

High Level

Advisory Panel

• Develop a shared perspective on identification across governments,

numerous development partners and the private sector

• Utilize a high profile platform to have principles endorsed to draw

attention to the topic

• Small group of prominent thought leaders and advocates who

meet annually to provide strategic guidance to ID4D and advocate the

vision through powerful engagements with governments, international

agencies, and the private sector.

• Allow countries to learn from successful models implemented in

other emerging countries via site visits, multi-country workshops and

conferences, and strategic meetings amongst senior officials

For more information, please visit:

www.worldbank.org/id4d

Vyjayanti Desai

Program Manager, Identification for Development (ID4D)

vdesai@worldbank.org

Thank you!

ID4D Strategic

Framework

Digital ID Toolkit

Empowering Women

Role of ID in Forced

Displacement

Identification Systems Analysis

Digital ID: Public-Private Cooperation

State of ID Systems in

Africa

Role of ID in Ending Child

Marriage

Global ID4D Dataset

Annex: Sample of Completed Work

Nandan Nilekani Former Chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India. Co-founder

of Infosys in 1981.

Toomas Ilves Former President of Estonia from 2006 to 2016

Mo Ibrahim Founder of Celtel and Mo Ibrahim Foundation.

Benno Ndulu Central Bank Governor of Tanzania

Eric Jing CEO of Ant Financial

Iqbal Quadir Founder of Grameenphone

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High Level Advisory Panel Members