Paolo Giordano

Bio

Paolo Giordano holds a BA in International economics from the Bocconi University of Milan, a MA in Applied Economics and a PhD in Economics from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po). He currently serves as economist at the Integration and Regional Programs Department of the Inter-American Development Bank. In this position, where he conducts policy-oriented research programs, he is involved in country and regional policy programming and participates in operation activities related to trade and regional integration. During the period 1998-2001, Mr. Giordano was the Coordinator of the Working Group on EU-Mercosur Negotiations: a high level policy-oriented research project committed to the involvement of civil society in international negotiations through the formulation of policy recommendations to official negotiators.

From 1998 to 2001, Mr. Giordano has been an Appointed Professor at the Mercosur Chair of the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po), lecturing in International Economics, Trade Policy and Latin American Development Issues. In his academic career Mr. Giordano lectured in several European universities, organized and participated in international meetings, edited publications, published in international refereed journals, supervised graduate students
and participated in capacity-building projects in developing countries.

Mr. Giordano is affiliated to several international research networks and served as a consultant for international organizations, such as the United Nations, the European Commission and the Inter-American Development Bank. Mr. Giordano speaks five languages and extensively resided and traveled abroad in developed (Europe and North America)and in developing countries (Africa and Latin America) for academic, professional and leisure purposes.

Areas of Expertise

• Regional Integration (Processes; Instruments; Policies; Project financing)

• Trade Policy (International trade economics; Trade negotiations; Foreign Direct Investment)

• International monetary policies (Exchange rate regimes; Macroeconomic policy coordination)

• Globalization (International negotiations; Civil society involvement; Technical cooperation)

• Latin America (Southern Cone countries; Relations with the European Union).

Present Positions

• Economist; Integration, Trade, and Hemispheric Issues Division, Inter-American Development Bank

Previous Positions

• 1998-2001: Coordinator of the Working Group on EU-Mercosur Negotiations, Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (France)

• 1997-2001: Appointed Professor, Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (France)

• 1996-2001: Research Fellow, World Economy Group, Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (France)

Other Activities and/or Memberships

• Founding member of the Working Group on EU-Mercosur negotiations, Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (France)

• Research Fellow, World Economy Group, Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (France)

Publications
(most recent)

• “The external dimension of the Mercosur: Prospects for North-South integration with the European Union”, Paper presented at the Royal Institute for International Affairs, Mercosur Study Group, May 2002

• The political economy of regional integration in the Mercosur, PhD Dissertation, Institut d’Etudes Politiquesde Paris, 2001

• "An integrated approach to the EU-Mercosur association agreement", (ed.), Briefing Notes of the Working Group on EU-Mercosur negotiations, Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, August, 2001

• Towards an agreement between Europe and Mercosur, (with Marie-Françoise Durand, Alfredo Valladão (ed.)), Les Presses de Sciences Po, Paris, 2001

• “Macroeconomic stability, trade and regional integration”, (with Robert Devlin, Antoni Estevadeordal, Josefina Monteagudo et Raùl Sàez), Integration and Trade, N. 13, 2001

• “La course aux Amériques: les stratégies des investisseurs européens dans le Mercosur" (with Javier Santiso), Problèmes d'Amérique Latine, N.39, La Documentation Française, Octobre-Décembre, 2000

Current Research Projects

• Regional integration and intra-industry trade

• EU-Mercosur trade negotiations

• Regional integration and FDI

• Civil society and the trade policy-making

• History of thought of regional integration

Recommended Links

• Trade and Integration issues at the Inter-American Development Bank

• Working Group on EU-Mercosur Negotiations at Sciences Po

Areas of Interest

• Trade economics

• Trade policy

• Globalization

• Governance