Niel Harper posted an article on March 6, 2021, titled Too Many Unanswered Questions: The Barbados National Digital Identification (DID). Below are some key highlights.
- In September 2020, it was widely publicised that the Government of Barbados would be introducing a national digital identification (DID) card.
- The announcement and subsequent reports have included the usual public service rhetoric about shifting to a digital economy, delivering social benefits, increasing the efficiency of doing business, and transforming the country into an innovation hub. Putting this flowery political language aside, there are a number of questions that remain unanswered regarding the delivery of the DID project.
- Questions around clear policy objectives, economic value capture, social impact, technology standards and legal requirements that need to be addressed if Barbadians at-large are to truly profit from this initiative.
- In September 2020, it was widely publicised that the Government of Barbados would be introducing a national digital identification (DID) card.
- Questions around clear policy objectives, economic value capture, social impact, technology standards and legal requirements that need to be addressed if Barbadians at-large are to truly profit from this initiative.
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