As an economist, Paul studies the design and implementation of programs to accelerate the end of extreme poverty. As an entrepreneur, he works to amplify capital flows to emerging markets.

Paul serves as an associate professor of economics at UC San Diego and is an affiliate of BREAD, CEGA, J-PAL, and the NBER. He is also co-founder, former president, and current chairman at GiveDirectly, the leading international NGO specialized in digital cash transfers and consistently rated one of the most impactful ways to give. He previously co-founded and served as a director of the enterprise payments company Segovia and the digital remittance company Taptap Send.

Paul is a recipient of a Sloan Fellowship and has been named a “Top 100 Global Thinker” by Foreign Policy magazine. He holds a PhD in economics from Harvard University.