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Interoperable identity systems in the humanitarian sector can enable significant operational benefits for organizations. Yet realizing benefits for refugees, including personal control of portable data, will only be achieved when beneficiaries are the focus of system design.
This report provides multiple perspectives on digital ID systems, including the institutions that administer them and the refugees who use them. Drawing on these perspectives, it provides recommendations to strengthen identity and data management for refugees in ways that can deliver the organizational benefits of increased interoperability while strengthening individual agency and privacy for some of the most vulnerable
populations.
Contributors Dr. Emrys Schoemaker, Paul Currion, Bryan Pon
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This material has been funded by UK Aid from the UK government; however the views expressed do not
necessarily reflect the UK government’s official policies.
