Jules Gazeaud is a postdoctoral fellow at J-PAL Middle East and North Africa (MENA). His research uses modern econometric methods to produce policy-relevant studies on poverty, social protection, migration, education, and areas at the intersection of these topics. Part of his research is based on fieldwork and randomized experiments in the MENA region. Gazeaud holds a PhD in Economics from Centre d'etudes Et de Recherches sur le Développement International (CERDI) in France and was a visiting student at the University of Oxford. Before joining The American University in Cairo (AUC), he was a postdoctoral fellow at NOVAFRICA in Portugal and consulted with the World Bank.