Publication: Creating Disability-Inclusive ID System
Date
2020-11-17
ISSN
Published
2020-11-17
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
Access to identification is a vital
priority. In developing countries, persons with disabilities
are among those most likely to face barriers in accessing
government services such as health and rehabilitation,
public transportation, education, voting, financial
services, and economic opportunities. For women and girls
with disabilities and other persons with disabilities with
intersecting identities, these barriers are
multidimensional. Addressing poverty among persons with
disabilities and their families requires solutions that
address their differentiated and sometimes complex needs, a
precondition of which is possessing official proof of
identity. This report provides a model of the continuous
nature of the ID lifecycle, suggesting some illustrative
approaches to designing a disability-inclusive ID process at
any stage in the lifecycle. The ID lifecycle comprises five
phases, each allowing for disability-inclusive
interventions. The five phases are: (1) planning and design;
(2) outreach and engagement; (3) enrollment; (4) use of ID;
(5) and monitoring and evaluation. The cycle presents
examples of continuous activities which should be regularly
revisited to ensure that ID systems are accessible to people
with disabilities regardless of the stage of implementation
of the ID system. While not exhaustive, and recognizing that
country contexts differ, this cyclical model can be a useful
planning tool, much like that used across the world by
electoral commissions for inclusive voter registration.
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Citation
“World Bank. 2020. Creating Disability-Inclusive ID System. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34848 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”