LUCIAN CERNAT is Economist at the United Nations Conference on Trade And Development (UNCTAD), Switzerland and Research Fellow at the University of Manchester, UK. He has published several articles on European and regional integration, transition economies, and trade issues. He co-edited Competition, Competitiveness, and Development: Lessons from Developing Countries and contributed to Can Regional Integration Arrangements Enforce Trade Discipline? The Story of EU Enlargement and Romania and the European Union: Inflation, Balance of Payments, Economic Growth.