Acknowledgements
As co-editors we gratefully acknowledge financial support from the Research, Evidence and Learning Component of Making All Voices Count for the production of this issue of the IDS Bulletin and for funding the research on which McGee and Edwards, Welle et al., Loureiro et al., Otieno et al., Neuman, and Wilson and de Lanerolle are based.

Making All Voices Count is a programme working towards a world in which open, effective and participatory governance is the norm and not the exception. This Grand Challenge focuses global attention on creative and cutting-edge solutions to transform the relationship between citizens and their governments.

Making All Voices Count is supported by the

• UK Department for International Development (DFID)
• US Agency for International Development (USAID)
• SwedishInternational Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), and Omidyar
• Network (ON), and is implemented by a consortium consisting of Hivos, the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and Ushahidi.

The programme is inspired by and supports the goals of the Open Government Partnership.

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