This article reviews Sally Lubeck's international contributions. It describes her role as rapporteur for the OECD review of early education and care services in the UK, one of 20 such reviews commissioned by the OECD. It discusses the continued relevance of her observations and comments on provision in the UK. The article goes on to comment briefly on her insights into the role of international agencies more generally, and the difficulties of knowledge transfer not only between the rich countries of the OECD but between rich and poor countries across the world.
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