As we think of case studies I do think the IRRI Rice Knowledge Bank practice and process warrants looking at. It is in varying stages of in country development in thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Nepal and Sri Lanka. There has been on e study completed in 2006 in Bangladesh on the use of fact sheets from the BRKB that went out through 51 service providers (from mosque committees to schools to extension service). Mr Harun Rashid of Dhaka did the study, it is yet to be published. The RKB concept deals with the authorative end and so produces material that can then go on on private servers with confidence as well as public servers. The authoative end took time to develop and took some project support but is a worhtwhile investment for the public sector and donors. Noel
