Dzmitry Kniahin Email & Phone Number

Geneva Area, Switzerland

Main focus areas:• creation of the new Rules of Origin database and a web application• development of new Market Access Map (Version 3.0)• redesign and maintenance of ITC trade agreement database• supervision of consultants and interns for data collection and data analysis projects• capacity building (internal trainings, trainings of trainers, training missions abroad)

Geneva Area, Switzerland

• collected and processed forward-looking tariff commitments at the tariff item level in 38 bilateral, unilateral and regional trade agreements between 12 Trans-Pacific nations with SAS• collected and processed forward-looking tariff commitments at the tariff item level from the text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) with SAS• calculated aggregated tariff estimates in line with GTAP 9 methodology and constructed HAR files for GTAP economic modelers• conceptualized and designed online application to visualize TPP tariff reduction schedules (released at http://www.macmap.org/countryanalysis/countrystatistics/GlobalAnalysis.aspx?s=2)• supervised an intern to produce a paper for GTAP annual conference 2016 (https://www.gtap.agecon.purdue.edu/resources/res_display.asp?RecordID=5031)• developed excel template for trade remedies collection (with the use of VBA for automatization and verification purposes)• contributed to collection and processing of customs tariff and non-tariff data by means of: • building SAS datasets from external inputs (pdf, excel, access) • developing SAS macros and procedures for data cleansing, verification, and analysis • processing tariff data by checking its quality and reformatting according to the specified requirements• constructed normalized trade matrix for Market Access Map application based on UN Comtrade and Trade Map trade statistics• redesigned SAS programs, updated methodology, and performed calculations for World Tariff Profiles (joint publication of ITC, WTO, and UNCTAD)• contributed to ITC's Spotting Products With Export Potential publication by improving the methodological part (STATA) and generating fact sheets (QGIS <--Python, Excel <-- VBA) --> http://www.intracen.org/publication/Spotting-Products-with-Export-Potential/• delivered capacity building on ITC Market Analysis tools for various audiences (students, policymakers, and businesses)

Rolle, Switzerland

• supported profit evaluation for milestone proposals• supported quarterly COP reporting by implementing COP Scorecard for Europe and automatizing processes by means of Excel VBA• supported MTP simulation and BP14 process by setting up standard analysis format for MTP data management (via Access SQL and Oracle Essbase)• delivered various profit calculations• contributed to BP14 OPD Risks & Opportunities identification

Geneva, Switzerland

• laid the ground work for my master thesis titled: "Modeling International Trade Patterns with the Product Space Methodology"​ under supervision of ITC economists Yvan Decreux (PhD), Julia Spies (PhD) and Prof. of HEC Lausanne Marius Brülhart. Available at http://kniahin.com/KNIAHIN_Modeling_International_Trade_Patterns_Product_Space_2014.pdf• contributed to development of ITC's export diversification methodology• contributed to ongoing studies (creation of data visualizations based on trade statistics and product space indicators)

Lausanne, Switzerland

Teaching assistant for 1st year Master of Finance course, 6 credits.Supervised by Prof. N. Schürhoff.

Master'S Degree, Economic Science, 5.9 / 6.0

Master of Science in Economics

Exchange Semester (Swiss Mobility), 5.4/6.0

Exchange Term, Economics

Exchange Student

Bachelor'S Degree, Economics, 5.0/5.0

Bachelor of Economics (with Honors)