Yarri is a public policy consultant, researcher and writer. With a background in economics, she has worked on research projects providing insight into challenges for entrepreneurship in the cultural sector, cultural sector statistics for policymaking and urbanization and culture. From 2014 to 2017, she served on the panel of experts for the International Fund for Cultural Diversity and has worked as a consultant for UNESCO, Arterial Network, the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) and the French Development Agency. She has expertise in designing and deploying quantitative and qualitative analytical tools to provide guidance on cultural policy issues (needs assessments, sector diagnostics, policy and data analysis). Her direct personal experience has been in the publishing and performing arts sectors in Africa. She is the author of numerous publications on entrepreneurship and cultural industries development; Yarri notably authored the chapter on Culture and Sustainable Development of the 2022 Global Report ReShaping Policies for Creativity. She holds a cum laude masters from Sciences Po Paris (France) and has undertaken post-graduate studies in policy research methods at the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance, Netherlands.