Hi Paul - great to connect again after all these years. First, our standard greeting...
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Hi Paulminty,
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A lot of your interests that you list are right up our alley. Re "Transport, especially in low-infrastructure environments. Can moving goods around efficiently enable health and education?" - that's an important area. Are you aware of TransAid? I've been talking with them recently about their plans to share their knowledge resources.
If you get inspired to start a page on Appropedia, just start. See you around! --Chriswaterguy 05:55, 17 September 2012 (UTC)