Publication: The Identity Target in the Post-2015 Development Agenda: Enabling Access to Services for All
Date
2015-09
ISSN
Published
2015-09
Author(s)
Dahan, Mariana
Gelb, Alan
Abstract
Robust personal identification (ID)
systems are critical to the success of many development
programs. Regardless of the methods used, official ID for
all - together with the legal, political, and economic
rights it confers - is becoming a priority for governments
around the world. Legal ID is on the post-2015 sustainable
development goals (SDGs) agenda as SDG target 16.9, urging
states to ensure that all have free or low-cost access to
widely accepted, and robust identity credentials. The
international community should join forces to achieve this
goal, as attaining it will also be a key enabler of many
other SDGs.
Citation
“Dahan, Mariana; Gelb, Alan. 2015. The Identity Target in the Post-2015 Development Agenda : Enabling Access to Services for All. Connections;No. 19. © http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/25001 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”