Biometrics

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Blog Post
10 Million Stateless and Growing: How Donors Can Help
Sneha Raghavan
and
Alan Gelb
November 17, 2014
Just by saying the word “Rohingya” last week in Myanmar, President Obama entered the fray of a decades-long struggle for rights among the Muslim minority group in Myanmar.
ESSAYS
Technology in the Service of Development: The NADRA Story
Tariq Malik, former chairman, National Database and Registration Authority, Pakistan
November 07, 2014
Pakistan is a leader in the application of identification systems and technology to a range of development issues. The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) of Pakistan has become a central player in a number of program areas and has been internationally recognized for its expertise, ...
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India Launches Biometric Attendance System for Government Employees
Sneha Raghavan
and
Alan Gelb
October 09, 2014
POLICY PAPERS
Birth Registration, Legal Identity, and the Post-2015 Agenda
Casey Dunning et al.
September 09, 2014
Universal legal identity through birth registration has consistently remained as a potential target for the post-2015 agenda through several rounds of negotiation. However, as it has been put forth, it conflates legal identity and birth registration. This policy note clarifies the differences betwee...
Blog Post
Rolling Out the Aadhaar
Alan Gelb
and
Sneha Raghavan
March 06, 2014
Despite the continuing controversy over India’s Unique Identification Program, also known as Aadhaar, it is making remarkable strides.  With more than 500 million people now enrolled, the program will soon pass its midway point. But enrolment isn’t uniform throughout the country.
Blog Post
Identification Conferences and Identity Gaps
February 25, 2014
Anyone doubting the speed of innovation in biometric ID should attend a conference on Identification.  A major conference, Connect:ID,  is taking place March 17-20 in Washington shortly after the 2014 Winter Biometrics Summit, March 3 – 6 in Miami. I recently participated i...
Blog Post
The Right to a Personal Identity - Alan Gelb
February 25, 2014
What role can biometrics play in aiding development? My guest this week, senior fellow Alan Gelb, explains why new biometric identification technologies may be the key to radically expanding the social, political, and commercial opportunities for people in the developing world. Biometrics, he s...