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Table D.2 – Ethiopia Case Study

ETHIOPIA – Regional ID
INTRODUCTION/BACKGROUND: Ethiopia does not have a national ID card. The nine regional states and two administrative states
(including Addis Ababa City) each have a regional ID card. Registration and distribution of regional ID cards occurs at the sub-dis-
trict level. The following information is for the regional card issued in Addis Ababa.
BASIC NATIONAL IDENTITY PROGRAM INFORMATION

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Institution(s) Managing the Program: Regional governments are responsible for issuing ID cards.
Funding Source: Not specified
Budget for Program Operation: Not specified

Target Population: All citizens and residents 18 years and older 2
Year Introduced: Not specified

Program Currently Active: Operational and in use

Are Changes to the Program Planned or In 2012, the national government enacted a law to create two institutions that
Anticipated: would implement the national registration of citizens and then issue biometric
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national identity cards. We find no evidence that indicates that the program has
been carried through to fruition.
NATIONAL IDENTITY PROGRAM METHODOLOGY

Mandatory Enrollment: Not specified Method of Enrollment / Not specified
Initial Capture:
Physical Creden- Yes Electronic Component No
tial Involved in Involved in Physical
Authentication: Credential:

Personal Informa- Woreda (district), Kebele (neighbor- Photo of Individual on Yes 5
tion Involved in hood), house number, mother’s full Physical Credential:
Authentication: name, telephone number, date of
birth, place of birth, sex, ethnicity,
occupation, emergency contact, a
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signature.
Biometric Infor- No 6
mation Involved in
Authentication:

PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION
Level of Coverage: Regional identity cards are issued by Kebeles, or neighborhoods centers. These
centers are well-staffed and widespread, providing the infrastructure for the issu-
ance of identity cards. However, there is no direct information on the coverage
level of regional ID cards. 7

Challenges with enrollment or use of the Not specified
program by the poor:

% of the enrolled who are poor: Not specified
Challenges with enrollment or use of the Not specified
program by women:
% of the enrolled who are women: Not specified

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