Paul Niehaus
University of California, San Diego
Paul Niehaus is an Associate Professor of Economics at UC San Diego. His research focuses on various economic and social issues in developing countries, including corruption, political elections, the effects of cash transfers and social learning. He is also a Junior Affiliate at the Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD), and an Affiliate at the Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA). He is a co-founder of GiveDirectly and Segovia Technology Co. In 2013 Foreign Policy named him one of its 100 leading “Global Thinkers.”