SO interesting to see the discussions going on here. Could not resist adding my 2 cents worth. An information clearing house would be ideal in a utopian setting, but there already are many donors/ NGOs (international/ local) who set forth on such ambitious projects. Often the problem such clearing houses face is ensuring the information going out is relevant and timely. And just as Roxy comments: 'who has the authority to clear what", Í ask: who would rely solely on a clearing house? People who work in development already have networks they turn to when they want information, they go to specific websites/ repositories because that's where their peers go, and that's where they're comfortable. When establishing knowledge/ information pathways, imho, it is better to use the infrastructure that's available online to ensure your valuable information has the desired outreach. In my previous organization, we dealt with information accessibility in several ways, after all we wanted our work (which included benefits and impact assessments) to reach our donors, partners and the fisher/ farmer communities. So we explored several pathways in tandem, using what was already available in the field. The more sophisticated online information exchange was useful for our partners but for the fisher communities, hearing from a successful fisher/ farmer (physical visit or mobile phone call) was all that was needed. Brickbats welcome...