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To provide “better services.”
Singapore is no stranger to some “advanced” and even “avant-garde” approaches to developing and harnessing the power of biometric technology for improved mass surveillance of the population. And it appears, the World Bank (WB) wants to learn from it, and spread that knowledge around the world.
The World Bank and Government Technology Agency (GovTech) of Singapore have teamed up to produce a case study about the country’s Singpass program – digital ID for citizens’ transaction needs “in everyday life” – as well as MyInfo – a Singpass feature that shares user data via the scheme, and via organizations.
The reason Singapore and the World Bank joined forces in producing the study, “National Digital Identity and Government Data Sharing in Singapore,” which lauds Singpass as a success, is to see how it can be brought to other countries as well, and how their governments may model their own digital ID schemes after it.
