Legal Identity, Race and Belonging in the Dominican Republic: From Citizen to Foreigner Kalaf Eve Hayes de
Legal identity is universal, transcending national and socioeconomic borders. It is a central tenet of the UN's 2030 SDGs and cuts across over 70 development indicators, including birth registration.…
Specifikacia Legal Identity, Race and Belonging in the Dominican Republic: From Citizen to Foreigner Kalaf Eve Hayes de
Legal identity is universal, transcending national and socioeconomic borders. It is a central tenet of the UN's 2030 SDGs and cuts across over 70 development indicators, including birth registration. Evidentiary proof of citizenship is now a necessary tool to ensure access to health, education and welfare services. As Laurence Chandy, director of Data, Research and Policy at theUN Children's Fund (UNICEF), recently stated: the prioritisation of documentation within global policy, including the transition from paper to digital identity systems, is 'one of the most under-appreciated revolutions in international development'.During a period of intense global political-economic reconfiguration, inter-governmental organisations, multi-lateral and national aid agencies have problematised under-documentation. They have contributed significant levels of financial and