We pursue three main objectives in this editorial for the Special Issue on Identification in a
Digital Age: Implications for Development. After outlining the motivations that led us to …

The literature on e-governance has highlighted the potential of ICTs to enable good
governance and socioeconomic development by leveraging stakeholders and resources …

Orchestration of digital platform ecosystems has been well examined in the context of
markets and the private sector where an orchestrator is a resourceful firm exploiting …

Digital identity platforms are widely regarded as important means to improve social
protection systems. Yet these platforms have been implicated in the production of a range of …

India's ambitious biométrie identity documents project, Aadhaar, was portrayed as one that
would enhance India's welfare efforts by promoting inclusion and reducing corruption. From …

In this paper the author revisits her book, Citizenship and Its Discontents: An Indian History
(2013), to examine its central themes—status, rights and identity—in relation to political …

This paper seeks to illuminate the significance of datafication for anti-poverty programmes,
meaning social protection schemes designed specifically for poor people. The conversion of …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose a conceptual framework for the application
of blockchain in the Public Distribution System (PDS) in India to manage the supply of food …

Digital identity systems are usually viewed as datafiers of existing populations. Yet a
platform view finds limited space in the digital identity discourse, with the result that the …

Recent years have seen rapid growth in the use of technology in social protection systems.
While the pace of adoption has varied between countries, the general trend of increasing …