Xavier Cirera

Person

Research Fellow

Xavier Cirera no longer works for IDS. As a trade economist with an interest in the impact of trade reform, trade preferences and regional integration, he has extensive experience working in Southern and Eastern Africa and Brazil.

His recent research focuses on three main areas of trade and development: the impact of different regional and preferential trade agreements, such as GSP and EPAs; firm level analysis of the determinants of export diversification and the impact of trade reform and trade exposure on firm level productivity; and, the impact of emerging powers in Africa.

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

Project

What are the Effects of Free Trade Zones on Employment and Wages?

Systematic review funded by 3ie to look at the existing evidence on what the effects of free trade zones on employment and wages

Project

The Level of Sophistication and Technological Content of African Exports. Does Africa Benefit from South-South Trade?

This think piece was commissioned by the OECD, as part of the Framework for the 2011 African Economic Outlook Report. It focuses on the topic - Technological content of South/South trade: does Africa benefit? African countries are transitioning from an era of post-colonialism where they...

Project

Firm Behaviour and the Introduction of New Products: Evidence using a Firm Micro Data Set in Brazil

The objective of this research is to contribute to the understanding of one of the most important processes required for achieving sustained economic growth in emerging and developing countries: the process of product and export diversification.

Project

What is the Evidence of the Impact of Tariff Reductions on Employment and Fiscal Revenue in Developing Countries?

The team intends to address the question 'What is the evidence of the impacts of new trade deals on fiscal revenues and job creation in low-income countries?

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Brief

What is the Economic Engagement Footprint of Rising Powers in Africa?

Policy Brief 41

This Policy Briefing shows that economic engagement with countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is not that different to that of OECD countries.

Musab Younis

Xavier Cirera

6 September 2013

Report

What is Business and Development? An Annotated Bibliography

Evidence Report 4

This annotated bibliography provides an exhaustive collection of resources on the topic of Business and Development.

Xavier Cirera

3 June 2013

Working Paper

The Determinants of Outward Processing: Evidence from Offshoring Intermediates by the European Union

This paper analyses the determinants of outward processing (OP) trade; specifically, imports of intermediates subsequent to processing abroad.

Dirk Willenbockel

Xavier Cirera

1 January 2013

Publication

Achieving Export Diversification: Lessons from Brazil

Achieving export diversification has been a central objective of development policy for the last 50 years, yet many developing countries struggle to achieve it.

Xavier Cirera

28 March 2012

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