Publication: People's Perspectives on ID and Civil Registration in Rwanda
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Date
2021-01-29
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Published
2021-01-29
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World Bank
Abstract
Rwanda's electronic national
population register (NPR) and ID project was first launched
in 2008 and has since achieved impressive coverage. Today,
the NPR captures the information of approximately 98 percent
of the population. It is commonly considered to be one of
the strongest foundational national identification (ID)
systems in Africa due to the robust back end and information
management systems that underpin it. The National
Identification Agency (NIDA) ), has made concerted efforts
over the years in the areas of policy, business process,
communications, and support to ensure that all people in
Rwanda are able to access IDs and register births and
receive birth certificates. This has included initiatives
like "CRVS week" in 2017 to encourage people to
register the births of their children. It also includes
nationwide communications campaigns to ensure equal access
to IDs and the ability to use these to access services, with
specific targeting for vulnerable groups like refugees. In
order to improve current processes, close the remaining two
percent gap in ID coverage, and inform the roll out of the
new digital birth registration, NIDA requested the World
Bank to support qualitative research to understand
experiences, attitudes, and behavior of Rwandans towards
accessing and using the current national ID cards and birth certificates.
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“World Bank. 2021. People's Perspectives on ID and Civil Registration in Rwanda. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35121 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”