Raul Felix Junquera-Varela is Global Lead on Domestic Revenue Mobilization and Lead Tax Specialist in the Governance Global Practice of the World Bank. He has more than 30 years of experience in public sector reform, with a particular focus on tax administration and customs. He held senior positions at the Spanish Revenue Agency from 1984 to 1998, including Director of a Regional Tax and Customs Office and Senior National Tax Auditor in the Large Taxpayer Office. He headed the Spanish Diplomatic Mission at the Inter-American Centre of Tax Administration and served as Public Finance Counselor to the Spanish Embassy in Panama from 1998 until 2004. In 2005, he joined the International Monetary Fund as Technical Assistance Advisor in the Revenue Administration Division of the Fiscal Affairs Department. In 2009, he joined the World Bank as Senior Public Sector Specialist in the Public Sector Governance Department. His research interests include institution building and operational reform of revenue administrations, and he has authored numerous publications on these topics. He is an economist, a lawyer, and a certified public accountant. From 1990 until 1992 he was professor of tax law at the University of Oviedo, Spain. From 2005 till 2015, he was professor of the Master on Public Finance of the Institute for Fiscal Studies of Spain.