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Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank Omdiyar Network for supporting this project. In particular, Laura Bacon, principal of policy investments, has been instrumental in developing the case studies. This work would not have been possible without the tireless efforts of our colleagues at the GovLab, including the case studies research team: Ali Clare, Auralice Graft, Juliet McMurren, Christina Rogawski, David Sangokoya, and Rebecca Young; Akash Kapur who provided crucial editorial support; and the GovLab developer team: Chris Wong, Claudio Mendonca, Batu Sayici, and Mark Adkins-Hastings who created odimpact.org where this research lives online. Thanks also to the GovLab’s Beth Simone Noveck, Fred DeJohn, Lauren Yu, Dinorah Cantú, Julia Root, Irene Tello-Arista, and María Hermosilla for their input and support throughout the development of this research.
The research contained in this volume was developed thanks to the following experts and stakeholders who generously gave their time and provided essential on-the-ground knowledge about their inspiring and transformative work: Neil Ackroyd, Kim Alexander, Robert Andrews, Jay Bhalla, Uuf Brajawidagba, François Brouard, Iain Campion, John Carpenter, Daniel Carranza, Julian Carver, Pablo Clark, Izabela Corrèa, Jeff de la Beaujardiere, Leodelma de Marilac Felix, Vivien Deparday, Patrick DuFour, Ee-Peng Lim, Carl Elmstam, Peter Elson, Felipe Estefan, Aidan Eyakuze, Stephen Ferris, Christian Fischer, Mike Flowers, Rafael García ...
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