CGD in the News

Electronic And Biometric ID (Kojo Nnamdi Show – WAMU)

April 26, 2013

Senior Fellow Alan Gelb was featured on the Kojo Nnamdi Show discussing biometric identification programs surrounding the Center for Global Development's Eighth Annual Richard H. Sabot Lecture: Technology to Leapfrog Development: The Aadhaar Experience.

From the coverage:

In India, a massive new biometric identification program links information from an individual's irises and fingerpints to a unique ID number. Other countries use ID cards with smart chips to authenticate identities. Here in the United States, immigration reform is raising questions about what a new U.S. identification system might look like. Tech Tuesday samples electronic and biometric ID from around the world and explores what could work here.

Read it here.