Digital Identity Week 2020 Summary
We held our first Digital Identity Week in November 2020. Led by David Porteous, Nolwazi…
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LISTEN NOW: Bias, Blind Spots and Bad Identity Systems – Why the Digital Identity Industry Needs Diversity
This webinar led by Emma Lindley, co-founder of Women in Identity and Chief Commercial Officer…
Citizens and States: How Can Digital ID and Payments Improve State Capacity and Effectiveness?
In Bangladesh, a mother can now receive her child’s education scholarship through her mobile phone…
Guidance on Digital ID
Digital ID systems are evolving rapidly. To determine whether a digital ID is suitable, governments,…
Passwordless Authentication: The Next Breakthrough in Secure Digital Transformation
Authentication is the cornerstone of secure digital transformation for platform businesses, and beyond that, a…
The Identities Research Project
The Identities research project explores user experiences of identity technology, brought to you by Caribou…
Digital Identity and Social Cash Transfers
The efficient implementation of social protection systems – and particularly social cash transfers – requires…
Principles on Identification for Sustainable Development
In 2017, a group of development partners, international organizations, government agencies, and NGOs actively working…
Digital Identity Tracker
The Digital ID Tracker®, produced in collaboration with PYMNTS.com and Jumio, is a monthly resource…
State of Aadhaar 2019
Conceived as an ambitious project to provide universal identity to more than one billion Indians,…
e-Estonia – an advanced digital society
Named ‘the most advanced digital society in the world’ by Wired, ingenious Estonians are pathfinders, who…
The Goalkeepers Report 2019: Examining inequality and how geography and gender stack the deck for (or against) you
Goalkeepers is the annual report from the Gates Foundation on the world’s progress toward the…
The role of privacy frameworks in building trust for digital identity services
With an estimated 1 billion people worldwide who lack an official proof of identity, mainly…
LISTEN NOW: Exploring appropriate uses of digital ID and the Good ID movement
This webinar, presented by Thea Anderson and Subhashish Bhandra from Omidyar Network, focuses on the…
Economic Identities for Small Business Owners: Insights from Nigeria
Recent end-user research conducted by the GSMA Digital Identity programme highlighted that informal business owners…
Digital Identity Series
DAI produced a Digital Identity Series, which gives and overview of Digital ID. Connect to…
Omidyar Network Unpacks Good ID
To be truly empowering, Omidyar Network believes digital forms of identification must embed privacy, inclusion, user value and control,…
Un-Blocking identity in a Digital World
Distributed Ledger technology (DLT) is often held up as a solution for payments, money transfers…
Digital Identity: Restoring Trust in a Digital World
This paper from Mastercard presents a vision of how digital interactions will evolve. It describes…
Exploring the Gender Gap in Identification: Policy Insights from 10 Countries
This 10-country study by the GSMA explores the intersection between cultural, social and policy barriers…
Digital Identity Opportunities in Zambia, Uganda, Sri-Lanka and Malawi
Over one billion people around the world, including more than 230 million women and girls…
Digital Identity Ecosystems
Identity is a data-rich key that acts to unlock all levels of the emerging digital…
E-Identity Solutions in Europe – An European overview
Digital identity solutions are essential for a European internal market. Europe can benefit from the…
Mobile Strong Customer Authentication under PSD2: Comparisons and Considerations
The new PSD2 regulations will bring about major changes to the digital security landscape. Among…
The Value of Digital ID for the Global Economy and Society
“Good” use of digital identification is a new frontier in value creation for individuals, companies,…
G20 Digital Identity Onboarding
The G20 recognizes the key role of financial inclusion in supporting the move towards an…
Introduction to Self-Sovereign Identity and Its 10 Guiding Principles
There is no consensus on an exact definition of self-sovereign identity yet. This paper uses the…
Digital Identity Road Map Guide
The Digital Identity Roadmap Guide is a comprehensive guideline useful for identifying the main aspects…
6 Things You May Not Know About Biometrics
Biometrics hold significant promise and are likely the future of identification and identity verification. However,…
Digital Identity Guidelines
These guidelines provide technical requirements for federal agencies implementing digital identity services and are not…
Digital Identity: The Essential Guide
This guide produced by ID4Africa gives an overview of the importance of digital identity as…
Digital Identity Interoperability and eInnovation
This case study addresses the issue of Digital ID interoperability, specifically in the internet context.…
Portable Identity
This paper on Portable Identity explores the concept, pros and cons. Portable Identity is the…
Digital Identity: Towards Shared Principles for Public and Private Sector Cooperation
The ability to prove one’s identity is increasingly recognized as the basis for participation in…
Minding the Identity Gaps
This paper by David Porteous and Ignacio Mas highlights that we should not get caught…
Identification for Development: The Biometrics Revolution
This paper by Centre for Global Development surveys 160 cases where biometric identification has been…