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 …

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 …

This paper reflects on the author's nine-year research on the transformation of India's Public
Distribution System (PDS) enacted through digital technologies first and, more recently …

This paper reports on the value conflicts that beneficiaries experience when engaging in the
monthly ritual of the biometric authentication of their fingerprints to claim state-sponsored …

Problem definition: Beneficiaries of social assistance programs with transfers of
undifferentiated commodities often have a designated agent to collect their entitlements …

Governments across the developing world are adopting digital technologies to improve the
performance of public sector supply chains. However, empirical evidence regarding the …

We describe India's ten-year experience with establishing a digital identity in India.
Remarkably, 1.25 billion residents in India now have a digital identity, called Aadhaar, which …

This chapter analyzes the various possible dimensions of modern-version-based economic
security, including social welfare, fiscal prudence, monetary security, industrial, business …

Should cash transfers replace targeted in-kind food transfers and public works program?
Can making welfare provisions universally applicable make the program more effective …

In this note, we explore the relationship between digital biometric ID systems and social
exclusion by understanding the user of experiences of the Public Distribution System (PDS) …