WORLD BANK HELPS BANGLADESH FIGHT FRAUD WITH ID SYSTEM
May 1st, 2011
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WORLD Bank is spending US dollars USD195 million on helping Bangladesh squeeze fraud from government assistance programmes through the creation of a secure, accurate and reliable national ID system. A bank statement said the project, covering all Bangladeshi adults, would boost "transparent service delivery". It added that it would develop a legal regulation to underpin the system and provide operational support for its database including ID numbers and biographical details, helping "identity verification...by public and ...
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