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The benefits of DPGs are clear. They can deliver on many levels:
- Scalability – once in place, they can easily be rolled out across populations
- Flexibility – they are quick to adapt and deploy with relative ease
- Applicability – they can support governments across all income levels, from the wealthiest countries to the poorest
- Cost-effectiveness – they are good value for money. The total cost for large countries (populations over 50 million) is estimated to be between US$0.24 and US$0.74 per head.
We can already see the considerable real-world impact that DPGs are having in early-adopter countries. In India, for example, their use of the MOSIP DPG as part of the government’s Aadhaar program provided 1.3 billion people with a digital ID. This, in turn, allowed many unbanked to open bank accounts. According to a 2019 report by the Bank of International Settlements, it would have taken 47 years for 80% of adults to get a bank account if India had solely relied on traditional growth processes.
In Norway, a flagship DPG education initiative called the Global Digital Library has been developed to provide children worldwide with access to quality learning resources and books in their native languages. The Digital Public Goods Ecosystem 2022 report states that, in 2022, the Global Digital Library had 8,500 learning resources available in 100 languages and had reached 3.5 million users.