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The Nexus Between Civil Registration and Social Protection Systems: Five Country Practices CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE LE CENTRE D’EXCELLENCE for CRVS Systems sur les systèmes ESEC The Nexus Between Civil Registration and Social Protection Systems: Five Country Practices SOUTH KOREA TUNISIA NAMIBIA CHILE ARGENTINA Published by the Centre of Excellence for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems. PO Box 8500, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1G 3H9 [email protected] www.CRVSsystems.ca © International Development Research Centre 2020 The research presented in this publication was carried out with fnancial and technical assistance from the Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems. Housed at the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), it is jointly funded by Global Afairs Canada and IDRC. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of Global Afairs Canada, IDRC, or its Board of Governors. Suggested citation: Centre of Excellence for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Systems. 2020. The Nexus Between Civil Registration and Social Protection Systems: Five Country Practices. International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, ON. An electronic version of this compendium is available at CRVSsystems.ca/SocialProtection Contents i Contents Acknowledgements .........................................................................ii Foreword ...................................................................................iii Introduction .................................................................................1 Argentina ..................................................................................13 Chile ......................................................................................35 Namibia ....................................................................................51 South Korea ...............................................................................79 Tunisia ....................................................................................99 Author biographies ......................................................................123 The Nexus Between Civil Registration and Social Protection Systems: ii Five Country Practices Acknowledgements This work was developed by the Centre of Excellence for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Systems. The project was conceived and initiated by Irina Dincu and Nomthandazo Malambo and carried out to completion by Anette Bayer Forsingdal. Team members who also contributed their time and expertise include Leila Bamba, Kristin Corbett, Montasser Kamal, and Christine Leung. We would like to thank Mia Harbitz for leading the technical portion of this work and providing advice throughout. We are indebted to the authors who drafted each of the fve country studies featured in this collection: María del Carmen Tamargo (Argentina), Iván Arcos Axt (Chile), Anette Bayer Forsingdal and Tulimeke Munyika (Namibia), Hee Joon Song (South Korea), and Fourat Dridi (Tunisia). Finally, we would like to thank the technical experts who contributed to the development of this work with their substantive reviews of individual case studies: Heri Andrianasy, Diana Alarcon, Eve de Hayes, Fernando de Medina, Kendra Gregson, and Tariq Malik. Foreword iii Foreword It is my distinct pleasure to introduce this latest compendium of good practices compiled by the Centre of Excellence for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Systems. Housed at the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the Centre of Excellence is jointly funded by IDRC and Global Afairs Canada. This publication builds on the recommendations of a conference that was hosted at IDRC in Ottawa, Canada in February 2018 on innovations in CRVS systems. Co-organized by the Centre of Excellence, the World Health Organization, and UNICEF, this event brought together more than 100 CRVS practitioners from low- and middle-income countries, along with experts from academia, UN agencies, the private sector, and civil society organizations. Over the course of two days, lively discussions took place under the theme “Harnessing the Power: CRVS Systems for 2030 Global Agendas” to collectively take stock of the global state of CRVS systems, identify key challenges and knowledge gaps, share promising practices, and catalyze commitment to move the CRVS agenda forward. One key knowledge gap that the conference identifed was the lack of information about innovative and tested practices that increase registration rates and provide a path to social, economic, and civic inclusion through legal identity. Social protection programs are tools used by governments to prevent, manage, and overcome situations that adversely afect people’s well-being. Social protection programs typically attempt to reach excluded or marginalized groups. Inefciencies, mismanagement, and corruption in the distribution of social protection benefts highlight the need for individuals that depend on these benefts to have legal identity documents. The link between legal identity and social protection is a two-way relationship: individuals that don’t have trusted identity credentials cannot normally access social protection benefts, and not having access to social protection benefts means there are fewer incentives for individuals to register their vital events (births, marriages, divorces, deaths) with governments. As a result, governments struggle to close the legal identity gaps. The people who are always most afected are the poorest segments of the population. Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) means pursuing inclusive development. Put diferently, social exclusion cannot be eliminated if people are invisible because they lack identity credentials. Individuals need legal identity credentials to access healthcare, education, economic opportunities, and representation. Equally important is the statistical data drawn from civil registration for governments to plan and deliver services, and to better meet the needs of their most vulnerable populations. The purpose of this publication is to bring attention to innovative practices that individual countries have pursued to promote inclusive development based on the foundation of well-functioning civil registration systems. This compendium highlights the eforts of policymakers in Argentina, Chile, Namibia, South Korea, and Tunisia to address social protection and inclusionary policies by also addressing the role of civil registration and vital statistics for ensuring access to and delivery of benefts and services. By introducing social The Nexus Between Civil Registration and Social Protection Systems: iv Five Country Practices and fnancial incentives to the registration of vital events, countries have improved registration coverage. Improved registration contributes to improved vital statistics, which ofers governments a powerful planning tool for more efective interventions. The case studies in this publication show that in addition to political will and clear national goals, promoting sustainable and inclusive social development demands both coordination among government agencies and carefully designed programs and activities. IDRC promotes the generation of knowledge to solve practical development problems and we care deeply about building evidence to break the cycle of poverty and reduce inequalities and vulnerabilities. Legal identity for all is imperative as this will improve access to and facilitate delivery of social benefts, services, and rights in a trusted and transparent manner. It is my hope that this resource will contribute to greater understanding of the links between civil registration and social protection as vehicles for inclusive development. Jean Lebel, President, IDRC The Nexus Between Civil Registration and Social Protection Systems: Five Country Practices Introduction Mia Harbitz The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1989, recognized the right to birth registration and to a name. In the three decades since then, recognition of the need for a personal or legal identity has grown steadily throughout the world. At the same time, societies everywhere have undergone momentous changes in the wake of globalization and the digital revolution. In parallel, there has been an ever-increasing demand for proof of legal identity for a number of purposes. It is difcult to overstate the signifcance of civil registration, especially birth registration, as the frst step on the road to legal identity and access to benefts and services for all. Early childhood access to health services and vaccines, and later access to education, are building blocks for lifelong health and economic productivity.1 Speaking at a news conference in New York in 2005, South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu described the importance of timely birth registration as a matter of life and death. “The unregistered child is a nonentity. The unregistered child does not exist. How can we live with the knowledge that we could have made a diference?”2 The reality for tens of millions of people throughout the world is that without identity credentials, it is difcult to access social protection services and nearly impossible to participate in modern life. This relegates many of them to a life on the margins of society. Without a civil identity, they are excluded from exercising their rights and participating in civic activities, and they have no access to schools, health care, and other social benefts for which they would be eligible. Also, they have no access to the formal sector, such as housing, or access to credit or other banking services.
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