This is a draft article to describe the ways that Appropedia can have a positive impact
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Internet growth in developing world
The developed world has created Wikipedia for its use. Anyone can check who was the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, or when Florida was granted statehood. Consider that internet usage in developing countries is exploding at a significantly faster rate than the developed world. What is the equivalent wikipedia that makes sense there?
Sustainable development is complex
Most people working in international development have some solid or even amazing expertise in some discipline. But the problems in international development are not confined to a single discipline. To make real sustainable progress usually requires making parallel advances on more than one front. Safe water supplies are tied in with many disciplines, from Architecture for rainwater capture (link required), and solar water pasteurization (link required).