Identification for Development : Kenya
Identification schemes are key enablers for the effective delivery of services and more broadly for the quality of engagement between a country’s government and its citizens. Legal identity is now recognized as an essential element of development;...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2016
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/07/26611812/kenya-identification-development-id4d-identification-systems-analysis http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24980 |
| Summary: | Identification schemes are key enablers
for the effective delivery of services and more broadly for
the quality of engagement between a country’s government and
its citizens. Legal identity is now recognized as an
essential element of development; target 16.9 of the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) refers to the provision
of universal legal identity, including through birth
registration, by 2030. Legal identity is central to the
rights set out, for example, in the Declaration of Human
Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child. In
addition, effective identification is important for at least
ten of the other SDGs. This assessment of Kenya’s ID system
was undertaken under the umbrella of the World Bank
Identification for Development (ID4D) initiative. Its
general objective is to map out the system, identify its ID
assets and suggest areas where they can be strengthened.
More specifically, the Bank is engaged in supporting a
number of transfer and similar programs that place
particular demands on identification systems through the
National Safety Net Program for Results and is also
financing the Kenya Transparency and Communications
Infrastructure (KTCIP) project to scale up digital inclusion
and e-Government. This project includes the digitization of
registration data. In order to address these issues a World
Bank mission visited Kenya May 18–28. Its broad objective
was to better understand the nature and capabilities of
Kenya’s ID system, its role in development and how best to
work with the country to strengthen this. The mission also
sought to assess the ID system from the perspectives of the
identification needs of the operational engagements and
their current and potential role in strengthening the system
of civil registration and identification. The mission met
with stakeholders from both the supply and demand sides of
the ID system and thanks the Government of Kenya for
facilitating open and comprehensive discussions. |
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