  We consider a possible scenario for the generation of Dirac neutrino masses
motivated by Type I string theory. The smallness of the neutrino Yukawa
couplings is explained by an anisotropic compactification with one
compactification radius larger than the others. In addition to this we utilise
small Yukawa couplings to develop strong links between the origin of neutrino
masses and the physics driving inflation. We construct a minimal model which
simultaneously accommodates small Dirac neutrino masses leading to bi-large
lepton mixing as well as an inflationary solution to the strong CP and to the
$\mu$ problem.
