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Handbook for Registration: Procedures and Standards for Registration, Population Data Management and Documentation
[United Nations Refugee Agency]This handbook describes how to set up registration activities for refugees and asylum-seekers, what data to collect, and how to manage and protect the information gathered.
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Namibia Identity Management Analysis
[World Bank Group]This report provides a comprehensive overview of the civil registry and its link to vital statistics in Namibia. It also analyzes civil identification systems and uses cases for identity -
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Status Analysis on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS)
[Statistics Norway]This document presents an overview of CRVS experiences from Norway, Albania, Kazakhstan, and Mozambique.
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Birth Registration and the Impact on Educational Attainment
[Inter-American Development Bank]This article sheds light on the causal impact of the lack of birth registration on education, and on economic consequences. -
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Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Investment Planning: Report of a Technical Consultation
[World Health Organization]This report presents country experiences and discusses strategies and governance challenges for scaling up investments in CRVS globally.
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The Costs and Benefits of CRVS as a Tool for Women’s Empowerment
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]This paper is one of twelve in a knowledge brief series on gender and CRVS that aims to uncover gender bias and barriers, share case studies and emerging findings, and recommend priority areas and -
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The case for data: How CRVS systems can help improve gender equity
[Devex]Investing in civil registration and vital statistics systems can yield big returns for governments, especially those with the most stretched budgets. Live, well-managed, and intelligently used -
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Civil Registration and Vital Statistics as a Tool to Improve Public Management
[Inter-American Development Bank]This discussion paper provides a theoretical discussion of the benefits that can arise through the expansion of civil registration and vital statistics as a way to improve public sector management. -
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Identification and Governance Policies: The Legal, Technical, and Institutional Foundations that Influence the Relations and Interactions of the Citizen with the Government and Society
[Inter-American Development Bank]This technical note focuses on the fundamental principles that govern the relationship and interactions between citizens, government, and society. -
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Identification for Development: Strategic Roadmap
[World Bank Group]This document presents the World Bank's original strategic framework for the ID4D initiative.
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Namibia Identity Management System Analysis (IMSA) Report
[World Bank Group]This report provides an in-depth analysis of the identity management environment in Namibia, including advances and improvements of the birth registration processes. -
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International Identity Management Conference Proceedings
[Inter-American Development Bank]This report outlines the discussions on all aspects of identity management, including CRVS. It also contains the Seoul Declaration on identity management.
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Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems: Computerization
[United Nations Statistics Division]This handbook provides suggestions for activities to tailor computerization of the civil registration system. While technologically outdated, some of the underlying principles for ICT remain valid.
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Legal identity for all: Why it’s essential and how to achieve it
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]This video explores how countries can develop an inclusive ID system by linking it to civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) data. -
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Creating digitized, interoperable ID systems
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]Inclusive ID systems are essential for protecting human rights, providing opportunities, and achieving sustainable development. A critical step towards inclusivity is to link a country’s national ID -
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Legal identity for all: Why we need to link CRVS and ID management systems
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]Proof of legal identity is one of the most important things you can own. It unlocks access to basic services and empowers you to exercise your rights. It helps you open a bank account, claim benefits -
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Webinar: The Nexus Between Civil Registration and Social Protection Systems
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]This video is a recording of a webinar that took place on September 10, 2020. Organized by the Centre of Excellence for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Systems and the Global -
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Webinar: How links between civil registration and social protection systems can help respond to COVID-19
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]This video is a recording of a webinar that took place on September 22, 2020. Organized by the Centre of Excellence for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Systems and the Global -
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Webinar: Introduction to CRVS and identity management systems
[Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data]This video is a recording of a webinar that took place on December 4, 2019. Organized by the Centre of Excellence and the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data (GPSDD), it focuses on -
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Webinar: Overview of findings from the new Compendium of Good Practices in Linking CRVS and ID Management Systems
[Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data]This video is a recording of a webinar that took place on December 12, 2019. Organized by the Centre of Excellence and the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data (GPSDD), it introduces -
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Compendium of Good Practices in Linking Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) and Identity Management Systems
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]Legal identity is the basis for realizing many basic rights and opportunities. Yet 1 billion people worldwide cannot prove their legal identity. This leaves them more vulnerable to poverty -
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The Nexus Between Civil Registration and Social Protection Systems: Five Country Practices
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]This compendium highlights the efforts over time of five countries, Argentina, Chile, Namibia, South Korea and Tunisia, to improve public sector service delivery based on universal civil registration -
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Women, Business and the Law, 2016
[World Bank Group]This report draws attention to gender disparities that hinder prosperity and undermine national competitiveness, including the implications of lack of identity credentials for women.
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How civil registration can protect and empower women and girls
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]Civil registration is the recording of important events in an individual’s life—including birth, death, marriage, and divorce. Everyone benefits from an effective civil registration system. It helps -
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When there are no records of women and girls: the ripple effect
[International Development Research Centre]The quality of a country’s vital statistics has a bearing on women and girls, who are more vulnerable to poverty, early marriage, and exploitation. Without an effective civil registration and vital
Our Resource Library provides access to curated resources related to CRVS systems, including research, tools, publications, CRVS eLearning course, our Expert Talks video series, and a glossary of terms and definitions.
A CRVS system is one that connects relevant data from the civil registry and the health information system for the purpose of producing vital statistics. In order to function well, CRVS systems depend on common elements. These are featured under a unique section of our library. Examples include resources that focus on training, assessments and evaluations, identity management, data security and privacy, information and communications technology, and more.