Ideas to Action:

Independent research for global prosperity

CGD in the News

Electronic And Biometric ID (Kojo Nnamdi Show – WAMU)

April 23, 2013
Share

Senior Fellow Alan Gelb was featured on the Kojo Nnamdi Show discussing biometric identification programs surrounding the Center for Global Development's Eighth Annual Richard H. Sabot Lecture: Technology to Leapfrog Development: The Aadhaar Experience.

From the coverage:

In India, a massive new biometric identification program links information from an individual's irises and fingerpints to a unique ID number. Other countries use ID cards with smart chips to authenticate identities. Here in the United States, immigration reform is raising questions about what a new U.S. identification system might look like. Tech Tuesday samples electronic and biometric ID from around the world and explores what could work here.

Read it here.

CGD Experts

Related Initiatives