Digital Identity Toolkit : A Guide for Stakeholders in Africa

Digital Identity Toolkit : A Guide for Stakeholders in Africa

Digital identity, or electronic identity (eID), offers developing nations a unique opportunity to accelerate the pace of their national progress. It changes the way services are delivered, helps grow a country's digital economy, and supports e...

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Main Author:	World Bank Group
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS CONTROL ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ALGORITHMS ATTRIBUTES AUTHENTICATION AUTHENTICATION SERVICE AUTHENTICATION SERVICES BACK-OFFICE BACKEND BANK ACCOUNT BANK ACCOUNTS BANK CARDS BASIC BIOMETRIC DATA BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION BIOMETRIC IDENTIFIERS BIOMETRIC INFORMATION BIOMETRIC SYSTEM BIOMETRIC SYSTEMS BIOMETRIC TECHNOLOGIES BIOMETRIC TECHNOLOGY BIOMETRICS BIRTH CERTIFICATES BUSINESS FUNCTIONS BUSINESS MODEL BUSINESS REGISTRATION CAPABILITIES CERTIFICATE CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY CERTIFICATES CODES CODING COMMERCE COMMODITY COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE COMPONENTS COMPUTERS COMPUTING CONNECTIVITY COST STRUCTURE COST-BENEFIT COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS CREDITWORTHINESS DATA PROTECTION DATA SECURITY DIGITAL DIGITAL ASSETS DIGITAL CERTIFICATE DIGITAL CERTIFICATES DIGITAL DATA DIGITAL ECONOMY DIGITAL ID DIGITAL IDENTITY DIGITAL INFORMATION DIGITAL SIGNATURE DISASTER RECOVERY DISTRIBUTED DATABASES DISTRIBUTION NETWORK DOMAIN E-COMMERCE E-COMMERCE APPLICATIONS E-GOVERNMENT ELECTRONIC CAPTURE ELECTRONIC CASH ELECTRONIC COMMERCE ELECTRONIC DATA ELECTRONIC DATABASES ELECTRONIC FORM ELECTRONIC IDENTITY ELECTRONIC PAYMENT ELECTRONIC REGISTRY ELECTRONIC SERVICES ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE ELECTRONIC STORAGE ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS ENABLING ENVIRONMENT ENCRYPTION ENCRYPTION KEY ENCRYPTION KEYS EQUIPMENT ESERVICES FINANCIAL INSTITUTION FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE FINANCIAL SERVICE FINANCIAL SERVICES FINGERPRINT FINGERPRINTS FRAUD FRAUD PREVENTION GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS GOVERNMENT POLICY GOVERNMENT SERVICES HIGH-SPEED HOST HUMAN CAPACITY HUMAN RESOURCES ICT ID ID CARD ID CARDS ID NUMBER ID NUMBERS IDENTIFICATION IDENTIFICATION MANAGEMENT IDENTIFICATION NUMBER IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS IDENTITY AUTHENTICATION IDENTITY CARD IDENTITY CARDS IDENTITY MANAGEMENT IDENTITY MODULE IDS IMAGE IMAGES IMPLEMENTING AGENCY INFORMATION SYSTEMS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFRARED INNOVATION INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INSURANCE INTENDED RECIPIENT INTERFACES INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INTEROPERABILITY IP IRIS SCANS LAW ENFORCEMENT LEGAL ENVIRONMENT LEGAL PROTECTIONS LICENSE LICENSES LOSS OF DATA MARKETING MASS MARKET MEDIA METADATA MOBILE APPLICATIONS MOBILE COMMERCE MOBILE COMMUNICATION MOBILE DEVICE MOBILE DEVICES MOBILE PHONE MOBILE PHONE USERS MOBILE PHONES MOBILE TRANSACTIONS MONITORS NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGIES ONLINE PRODUCTS ONLINE SERVICES OPEN STANDARDS OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY PASSWORD PAYMENT SYSTEM PERSONAL DATA PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER PERSONALIZATION PHONE NUMBER PHOTO PHYSICAL SECURITY POINT-OF-SALE TERMINALS PORTABILITY PORTALS PRIVACY PRIVACY POLICY PRIVATE KEY PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION PRIVATE SECTORS PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL PUBLIC KEY PUBLIC KEY INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS QR CODE RECORD KEEPING REGISTERS REGISTRY REGISTRY SYSTEM REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT RELIABILITY RESULT RETENTION RISK ASSESSMENT SCANNERS SEARCH SEARCH ENGINE SECURE ACCESS SECURE TRANSACTIONS SECURITY FEATURES SENSORS SERVER SERVICE PROVIDER SERVICE PROVIDERS SIGNAL PROCESSING SMART CARD SMART PHONE SMARTCARDS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SERVICES STAKEHOLDERS STANDARD FORMATS STORAGE OF DATA STRONG AUTHENTICATION SUPERVISION TARGETS TECHNICAL EXPERTISE TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE TERMINALS TRANSLATION TRANSMISSION UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS UNIQUE ID UNIQUE IDENTIFICATION UNIQUE IDENTITY USE OF ENCRYPTION USER USER INFORMATION USERS USES VERIFICATION WIRELESS WORKING HOURS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/20272197/digital-identity-toolkit-guide-stakeholders-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20752

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Summary:	Digital identity, or electronic identity (eID), offers developing nations a unique opportunity to accelerate the pace of their national progress. It changes the way services are delivered, helps grow a country's digital economy, and supports effective safety nets for disadvantaged and impoverished populations. Though digital identity is an opportunity, it raises important considerations with respect to privacy, cost, capacity, and long-term viability. This report provides a strategic view of the role of identification in a country's national development, as well as a tactical view of the building blocks and policy choices needed for setting up eID in a developing country. The report presents a conceptual overview of digital identity management practices, providing a set of guidelines at a national level that policymakers can find helpful as they begin to think about modernizing the identity infrastructure of their country into eID. The report also provides an operating knowledge of the terminology and concepts used in identity management and an exposition of the functional blocks that must be in place. Policy considerations are referenced at the end of the report that governments can use as they contemplate a digital identity program. Given its abridged nature, the report is intended to be insightful and detailed, though not exhaustive. Several important topics related to eID are noted though deserve further discussion, including: economic and financial analysis, the development and setup of a national civil register, and cross-border aspects of eID. The building blocks, as discussed, can help ensure that a secure, robust and reliable digital identity platform can serve the development needs of a country for the foreseeable future.

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