Miho SHIROTORI

Professional experiences
15 July 2024-13 February 2024
Head of Branch “Trading System, Services and Creative Economy” • United Nations Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
30 October 2022 – 14 July 2024
Acting Director, Division on International Trade and Commodities • UNCTAD
1 March 2020 – 29 October 2022
Head of Branch “Trade Negotiation and Commercial Diplomacy” • UNCTAD
5 September 1991 – 29 February 2020
Various professional positions as trade economists • UNCTAD

Areas of expertise
Preferential trade, including South-South Trade (SST) preferences
Analysis of preferential market access to developing countries’ long-term investment (e.g. Trade Preferences Outlook 2025); South-South bilateral trade flows data, economic/institutional/political analysis of SST arrangements, including the Global System of Trade Preferences among developing Countries, in today’s economic context.
Services & Creative Economies Trade data
Capacity challenges in services trade measurement, including data collection (e.g. Primer on data for trade in services and development policies; Creative Economy Outlook 2024).

Education
Harvard Kenedy School, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA/USA
Master of Public Administration (MPA/2004)
Geneva Graduate Institute, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Master of International Economics (1997)
London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom
Master of Science in Economics (MSc Economics, 1991)