Understanding Cost Drivers of Identification Systems

doi:10.1596/31065

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Understanding Cost Drivers of Identification Systems

dc.contributor.author	World Bank
dc.date.accessioned	2018-12-20T22:06:34Z
dc.date.available	2018-12-20T22:06:34Z
dc.date.issued	2018-12-13
dc.description.abstract	Approximately one billion people globally lack government-recognized identification. As a consequence, they face barriers to accessing critical services and exercising their rights. Robust, inclusive, and responsible foundational identification (ID) systems2 can be transformative for a country’s development and for the welfare of its poorest and most vulnerable populations by enabling financial inclusion, the empowerment of women and girls, access to basic services, social safety nets, and political participation. Moreover, at a systemic level, leapfrogging traditional paper-based approaches in favor of digital identification systems can generate significant benefits across the public and private sectors by increasing efficiency and accountability (chiefly through the reduction of fraud, leakages, and waste in public programs) as well as driving innovation in service delivery (through the use of mobile or digital payments, for instance). As governments across the globe are implementing new, digital foundational identification systems or modernizing existing ID programs, there is an urgent need to develop accurate estimations of the associated costs. There are a handful of existing analyses that have attempted to estimate the overall cost of foundational ID systems: for instance, Gelb and Diofasi Metz (2018) estimate that it is likely to cost a low income country roughly 0.6 percent of GDP to build a foundational ID system, or about $4–11 investment per registrant for enrolment and credential issuance. The same study cites figures for a few countries suggesting recurrent costs of around 0.06–0.1 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). As the authors point out however, few data points exist and these figures may not apply to different types of systems or to all countries.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/702641544730830097/Understanding-Cost-Drivers-of-Identification-Systems
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/31065
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/31065
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject	IDENTIFICATION
dc.subject	UNIQUE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
dc.subject	DIGITAL IDENTITY
dc.subject	CIVIL REGISTRY
dc.subject	BIOMETRIC TECHNOLOGY
dc.title	Understanding Cost Drivers of Identification Systems	en
dc.type	Working Paper	en
dc.type	Document de travail	fr
dc.type	Documento de trabajo	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.crossref.title	Understanding Cost Drivers of Identification Systems
okr.date.disclosure	2018-12-13
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Working Paper
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
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okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/31065
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okr.topic	Information and Communication Technologies::ICT Applications
okr.topic	Information and Communication Technologies::ICT Policy and Strategies
okr.topic	Information and Communication Technologies::Information Security & Privacy
okr.topic	Information and Communication Technologies::Information Technology
okr.topic	Information and Communication Technologies::Information and Records Management
okr.unit	GTDDR - ID4D (GDD12)