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You cannot digitise an identity system that doesn’t know who was born, who died, and who married whom. Civil registration and identity document issuance are treated as separate systems in most countries. Different ministries. Different budgets. Different databases. Different political priorities.

In a fragile state, the identity system isn’t broken. It was never built. Design for the context you find. Not the context you wish existed.

In a fragile state, the identity system isn’t broken. It was never built. International best practice assumes a functioning civil registration system, a reliable chain of custody for foundational documents, trained personnel, stable institutions, and continuous power supply. In fragile and post-conflict environments, none of these assumptions hold. Design for the context you find. Not the context you wish existed.

Automation without institutional readiness is not modernisation. It is automation of an existing vulnerability

A good recommendation that surprises the wrong person is a failed recommendation.

Before a single interview is conducted or a single document reviewed, the most important decision in any identity programme advisory engagement has already been made — or hasn’t. That decision is scope. How many institutions will be assessed? How many site visits conducted? What grade of detail is expected in the analysis? What volume of documents will be reviewed? These are not administrative details. They are the boundaries that determine whether the project delivers insigh

The birth certificate is the most dangerous document in your identity system.

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