Digital ID Goes Global

Published on June 6, 2024

Commentary Digital ID in Australia is set to kick in on Dec. 1 2024. Meanwhile, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, not content with their investment in global health, has chucked a whopping $1.27 billion (US$840 million) into the digital ID kitty. This latest cash splash includes a nifty $200 million (US$132 million) dedicated to digital public infrastructure—think digital IDs, civil registry databases, and the kitchen sink. The announcement was tagged onto the sixth annual “Goalkeepers Report,” a cheery little tome that states we’re all doomed unless we hustle to meet the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. Universal Digital Identity By 2030 One of these goals, SDG 16.9, is particularly audacious: universal legal digital identity by 2030, including birth registration....

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