Overview#
Foundational ID is another word for Government Identity as used by the World Bank.Foundational ID is "which are built in a top-down manner with the objective of bolstering national development by creating a general-purpose identification for use across sectors"
Foundational ID is in contrast to a "Functional ID" "which evolve out of a single use case, such as Voter ID, health records, or bank cards, and have potential for use across sectors".
More Information#
There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:- [#1] - Digital Foundational Identities using Mobile Technology
- based on information obtained 2019-08-08