Rafael Novella is an applied economist interested in public policy and labour and development economics. His main research and professional interests are at the intersection of labour and development economics and public policy, particularly in designing and evaluating policy interventions related to skills formation, TVET programmes, and other active labour market policies. He works as an independent consultant and holds research affiliations with University College London (UCL), the University of Oxford (Oxford Department of International Development \ Young Lives and the Centre on Skills, Knowledge and Organizational Performance – SKOPE), and the University of Warwick (Institute for Employment Research - IER). Rafael has extensive working experience in international organizations, consultancy firms, academia, and public sector institutions. His research has been published in leading peer-reviewed journals and as a book, book chapters, and technical reports. His work has been developed across a vast number of countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East. Rafael holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Essex.