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How are global approaches to digital sovereignty shaping the development of national digital identity systems?
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Digital sovereignty, despite there being little consensus on a definition, is an emerging concept in modern digital government that is becoming synonymous with the development of national digital identity systems. With governments across the globe putting policymakers under increasing pressure to consider digital sovereignty, significant differences in the technological, administrative, and strategic approaches to achieve it are creating a fascinating (and contentious) mix of system complexities and policy challenges.
For the design, implementation and adoption of national digital identity systems, the approach to governments having control over the physical infrastructure and technologies, governance processes, and data to create and administer them will have a significant impact on citizens' data protection, rights and ability to access digital government services to participate in the economy. Put simply, digital sovereignty and digital identity are intertwined at the heart of government with digital identity becoming an expression of a countries approach to achieving sovereignty.
This Rapid Evidence Assessment (REA) aims to understand how different approaches to achieving digital sovereignty are shaping the development of national digital identity systems, outlining the implications for how governments develop technology and infrastructure, and detailing the governance frameworks and strategies for implementation and adoption.
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Digital sovereignty, despite there being little consensus on a definition, is an emerging concept in modern digital government that is becoming synonymous with the development of national digital identity systems. With governments across the globe putting policymakers under increasing pressure to consider digital sovereignty, significant differences in the technological, administrative, and strategic approaches to achieve it are creating a fascinating (and contentious) mix of system complexities and policy challenges.
For the design, implementation and adoption of national digital identity systems, the concept of digital sovereignty broadly refers to a government's need to have control over the physical infrastructure and technologies, governance processes, and data that underpin them (Musoni et al., 2023). From the United States' unregulated free flow of both personal and non-personal data to China's strict government-led policing system, the consequences are that any approach a government may choose will have a significant impact on citizens' data, rights and ability to access digital government services to participate in the economy.
This Rapid Evidence Assessment (REA) aims to understand how different approaches to achieving digital sovereignty are shaping the development of national digital identity systems, outlining the implications for how governments develop technology and infrastructure, and detailing the governance frameworks and strategies for implementation and adoption.
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