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Xavier Cirera
Curriculum Vitae
Personal Details:
Date of birth
Nationality
17 August 1973
Spanish
Xavier Cirera is a trade economist with an interest in the impact of trade reform and regional integration. He has extensive
experience in Southern Africa, especially in Mozambique. He is currently a research fellow in the Globalisation Team at
the Institute of Development Studies. Recent research focuses on analysing the impact of different regional and
preferential trade agreements, GSP and EPAs; as wells as research on how firms introduce new products for exporting.
Other interests include the analysis of spatial price variations, the functioning of rural markets, and the impact of income
distribution on food demand and trade and climate change policies.
Skills:
Languages:
Fluency written and oral in Catalan, Spanish, English and Portuguese.
Good understanding of French and Italian.
Qualifications:
1999-2004
1998-1999
1996-1998
1991-1996
PhD. in Economics, Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex, ‘Essays in Exchange
Rate Regimes and Macroeconomic Stability in Transition Economies,’ funded by ESRC
MA in Development Economics, University of Sussex, ‘An Assessment of Exchange-Rate-BasedStabilisation Theories. Empirical Evidence from Transition Economies,’ awarded with distinction
Courses of PhD in International Economics and Development Economics, Universitat de Barcelona,
Spain
BA in Economics, International Economics and Economic Growth, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
(UAB), Spain.
Employment:
20072005-2007
2003-2005
2002-2006
1999-2002
Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies
Trade Policy Research Adviser, National Directorate of Studies and Policy Analysis (DNEAP), Ministry of
Planning and Development (MPD) Mozambique
ODI Fellow, National Directorate of Studies and Policy Analysis (DNEAP), Ministry of Planning and
Development (MPD) Mozambique
Researcher, University of Sussex
Research Assistant, Institute of Development Studies and University of Sussex
Teaching:
2007 –
2010
2006
2003
2002
2001-2003
2001-2002
Lecturer, IDS, ‘Trade and Development’ and ‘Industrial Development’, MPhil in Development Studies
course; ‘Introduction to Statistics’; ‘Globalisation and Inequalities’
Lecturer, ‘International Trade’, third year undergraduate, University of Sussex
‘International Economics I and II’, Catholic University of Mozambique, Beira
Lecturer, Trade and Development, MPhil in Development Studies, IDS
Lecturer, ‘Financial Globalisation’ Economic Impacts of Globalisation, Universitat de Barcelona
Lecturer, ‘Applied Maths for Economists’, University of Sussex
Lecturer, ‘Introductory Maths’, MA in Development/International Economics, University of Sussex.
Research Papers and Publications:
Cirera, X.; Marin, A. and Markwald, R. (2011) ‘Firm Behaviour and the Introduction of New exports: Evidence from Brazil’,
Department of Economics Working Paper, University of Sussex, forthcoming
Cirera, X.; Foliano, F. and Gasiorek, M. (2011) The Impact of GSP on Developing Country Exports to the EU, Department
of Economics Working Paper, University of Sussex, forthcoming
Cirera, X. and Willenbockel, D. (2011) ‘The Determinants of Outward Processing Exports in the European Union’, mimeo,
Institute of Development Studies, UK, forthcoming
Cirera, X. and Markwald, R. (2011) ‘The Level of Sophistication and Technological Content of African Exports. Does
Africa Benefit from South-South trade?’, OECD Development Centre, Paris, forthcoming
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?’ A Systematic Review prepared for the Department of
International Development
Cirera, X. (2010) The Impact of Trade Preferences on Export Prices in the European Union – Who Captures the
Preference Rent, Department of Economics Working Paper 15, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
CARIS. (2010) ‘Mid-term Evaluation of the EU’s Generalised System of Preferences’, Final Report prepared for the
Commission of the European Communities
Cirera, X. and Masset, E. (2010) ‘Income Distribution Trends and Future Food Demand’, Philosophical Transactions of the
Royal Society B 365: 2821-2834
Cirera, X. (2009) ‘Can the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) Become a Useful Tool for Export Diversification?’ in
E. Jones and D. Fonseca Martí (eds), Updating Economic partnership Agreements to Today’s Global Challenges,
German Marshall Fund, Economic policy papers, Series 09
Cirera, X. and Arndt, C. (2008) ‘Measuring the Impact of Road Rehabilitation on Spatial Market Efficiency in Maize
Markets in Mozambique’, Agricultural Economics 39: 17-28
Alfieri, A.; Arndt, C. and Cirera, X. (2008) ‘Measuring Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Mozambique’ in K. Anderson
and W. Masters (eds), Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Africa, Washington DC: World Bank
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
Cirera, X. (2008) Export Preferences and Rural incomes in Mozambique, DNEAP Discussion Paper 59E
Cirera, X. and Nhate, V (2008) ‘Transmission of prices from the border to domestic markets’ in C. Arndt and F. Tarp (eds),
Taxation in a Low-Income Economy: the Case of Mozambique, Routledge
Alfieri, A. and Cirera, X (2008) ‘Mozambique and Regional Integration’ in C. Arndt and F. Tarp (eds), Taxation in a LowIncome Economy: the Case of Mozambique, Routledge.
Alfieri, A.; Cirera, X. and Rawlinson, A. (2006) Estimating the Impact on Mozambique of Different Trade Policy Regimes:
SADC, SACU or MFN?, DNEAP Discussion Paper 29E
Cirera, X. (2004) ‘Analysis of the potential impact of the Economic Partnership Agreements’ , mimeo, Mozambique:
Ministry of Industry and Trade
McCulloch, N.; Winters, L. A. and Cirera, X. (2004) ‘Agricultural Trade Reform’ in Anderson, K and Josling, T (eds), The
WTO and Agriculture, 2, London: Edward Elgar
Griffith-Jones, S.; Gottschalk, R. and Cirera, X. (2003) ‘The OECD Experience with Capital Account Liberalization’ in
Management of Capital Flows: Comparative Experiences and implications for Africa. New York and Geneva:
UNCTAD
McCulloch, N.; Winters, L. A. and Cirera, X. (2001) Trade Liberalization and Poverty: A Handbook, London: CEPR
Other reports:
Cirera, X.; Grimble, D. and Willenbockel, D. (2008) ‘Revenue Impact Analysis of Implementing the SADC Agreement in
Angola’ Report prepared for the Angolan Customs Expansion and Modernisation Programme, Phase II, Angolan
Customs International and National Cooperation Unit
Arndt, C.; Cirera, X.; Edwards, L.; Flatters, F.; Kirk, R.; Meyn, M.; Rutherford, T.; Stern, M. and Stevens, C. (2007)
‘Evaluation of An Appropriate Model for a SADC Customs Union’ Report commissioned by the SADC Secretariat,
final draft, 7 August