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Could digital IDs enhance the dignity of those being served by humanitarian cash assistance?

Summary:

Cash and voucher distribution is an increasingly common method for humanitarians to provide assistance to vulnerable people or in response to crises. However, organisations carrying out the distribution with Financial Service Providers (FSP) may face challenges with identification particularly when it is required to fulfil regulatory requirements such as “Know Your Customer” or KYC. Unfortunately, many of the people most in need of such assistance are precisely those who have no official ID.
Dignified Identities in Cash Assistance (DIGID) is a consortium of NGOs exploring the opportunities and risks presented by digital IDs in cash and voucher assistance programmes.

Could people on the move benefit from digital IDs?

Summary:

In many irregular migration scenarios, people on the move do not have identity documents (these could have been left behind, lost, stolen, destroyed, or never issued to begin with). While many may wish or need to identify themselves to multiple humanitarian organisations along their journey, some may not wish to be identified at all, or only partially.
Dignified Identities in Cash Assistance (DIGID) is a consortium of NGOs exploring the opportunities and risks presented by digital IDs in the migration context.