Digital ID & Identity Management Policy
Foundational vs functional ID, assurance levels, biometrics, and the inclusion risks that decide whether a digital ID system serves everyone.
About this course
Digital identity underpins e-government, financial inclusion, and social protection - and, done poorly, can exclude the very citizens it aims to serve. This course covers the World Bank ID4D vocabulary of foundational and functional identity, identity assurance levels, biometric benefits and risks, the legal-identity-as-a-right framing behind SDG target 16.9, data protection intersections, and the architectural choices (federated vs. centralized) that shape an ID system's resilience and privacy posture. Completing all modules earns a Mafichoni certificate of completion. Designing or reviewing a digital ID programme? Mafichoni's governance team advises on inclusive digital ID policy - book a discovery call.
Curriculum
- Foundational vs. functional identity16 minPreview
- Legal identity as a right: SDG target 16.917 minPreview
- Federated vs. centralized ID architectures17 minPreview