BUILDING STATELESSNESS-SENSITIVE ID SYSTEMS 7 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This publication was prepared by Julia Clark, Marie Eichholtzer, Anne Schuchardt, and Melanie Khanna, on behalf of the World Bank’s Identification for Development (ID4D) initiative under the leadership of Stela Mocan. It benefited greatly from feedback and inputs by Audrey Ariss, Hisham Esper, Patrick Eba, Bronwen Manby, and Anette Bayer Forsingdal. The team also thanks Priyantha Jayasuriya Arachchi, Sintia Radu, and Eugeniu Miron for their support. At consultations co-convened by ID4D and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on February 12-13, 2025, valuable contributions were made by representatives of numerous civil society organizations as well as by academic-practitioners from Temple University Institute for Law, Innovation & Technology; the Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness; the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE); and Macquarie University, and by stakeholders including UNICEF, International Organization for Migration, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), and the UN Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies. ID4D worked closely with UNHCR throughout the process of preparing this publication and is grateful for its collaboration and contributions. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the views of the World Bank, its Board of Executive Directors, or the governments they represent. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this publication.