Institute of Development Studies

Biography

Xavier Cirera is a trade economist with a particular interest in the impact of trade reform and regional integration. He has extensive experience in Southern Africa.

Recent research focuses on analysing the impact of different regional and preferential trade agreements, GSP and EPAs; as well as research on how firms introduce new products for exporting, and on trade, poverty and income distribution.

Other interests include the analysis of spatial price variations, the functioning of rural markets, the impact of income distribution on food demand and trade and climate change policies.

Selected Projects and Recent Work »»

• Rising Powers in International Development
• Firm Behaviour and the Introduction of New Products: Evidence using a Firm Micro Data Set in Brazil
• Systematic Review of Private Participation in Infrastructure
• Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) Review
• Income Distribution and Food Demand
• The Level of Sophistication and Technological Content of African Exports. Does Africa Benefit from South-South Trade?
• What are the Effects of Free Trade Zones on Employment and Wages?
• What is the Evidence of the Impact of Tariff Reductions on Employment and Fiscal Revenue in Developing Countries?
• Review of the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP)
• Voices of the Vulnerable

Thematic Expertise

Agriculture; Trade.

Geographic Expertise

Sub Saharan Africa; Brazil; Mozambique.

Selected Publications »»

• Cirera, X., Marin, A. and Markwald, R. (2012) 'Firm Behaviour and the Introduction of New Exports: Evidence from Brazil', IDS Working Paper 390, Brighton: IDS
• Cirera, X. and Markwald, R. (2011) 'The Level of Sophistication and Technological Content of African Exports. Does Africa Benefit from South-South trade?' , Paris: OECD Publishing
• Cirera, X., Willenbockel, D. and Lakshman, R. (2011) 'What is the Evidence of the Impact of Tariff Reductions on Employment and Fiscal Revenue in Developing Countries?' , London: Department for International Development (DFID)
• Cirera, X., Foliano, F. and Gasiorek, M. (2011) 'The Impact of GSP on Developing Country Exports to the EU' , Brighton: Department of Economics, University of Sussex
• Cirera, X. and Willenbockel, D. (2011) 'The Determinants of Outward Processing Exports in the European Union' , Brighton: IDS
• Cirera, X. (2011) 'The Impact of Trade Preferences on Export Prices in the European Union – Who Captures the Preference Rent?' 15, Brighton: Department of Economics, University of Sussex
• CARIS (2010) 'Mid-term Evaluation of the EU’s Generalised System of Preferences'
• Cirera, X. and Masset, E. (2010) 'Income Distribution Trends and Future Food Demand' 365:2821-2834, Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society B
• Cirera, X. (2009) 'Can the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) Become a Useful Tool for Export Diversification?' in Jones, E. and Marti, D.F. (eds), Updating Economic Partnership Agreements to Today's Global Challenges - Essays on the Future of Economic Partnership Agreements, Washington DC: The German Marshall Fund of the United States
• Alfieri, A. and Cirera, X. (2009) 'Mozambique and Regional Integration' in Arndt, C. and Tarp, F. (eds), Taxation in a Low-Income Economy - The Case of Mozambique, London: Routledge
• Cirera, X. and Nhate, V. (2009) 'Transmission of Prices from the Border to Domestic Markets' in Arndt, C. and Tarp, F. (eds), Taxation in a Low-Income Economy - The Case of Mozambique, London: Routledge
• Cirera, X. (2009) 'Changing the Aid for Trade Debate towards Content', IDS In Focus Policy Briefing 6, Brighton: IDS
• Cirera, X. and Willenbockel, D. (2008) 'Revenue Impact Analysis of Angola's Integration into the SADC Free Trade Area' , Report for Crown Agents
• Cirera, X. and Arndt, C. (2008) 'Measuring the Impact of Road Rehabilitation on Spatial Market Efficiency in Maize Markets in Mozambique', Agricultural Economics 39.1:17-28
• Alfieri, A. and Cirera, X. (2008) 'Unilateral Trade Preferences in the EU: An Empirical Assessment for the Case of Mozambican Exports', DNEAP Discussion Paper 60E