Nada Eissa
Nada Eissa is a Responsive Policy Advisor for IGC.
Nada Eissa is Associate Professor of Public Policy and Economics, and Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). From 2005-2007, she served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy. Previously, she was on the economics faculty at the University of California at Berkeley, a National Fellow of the NBER, a visiting economist at the IMF and a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). Professor Eissa’s research examines how tax and transfer policy affects work and family formation decisions, and in turn what these behavioral responses imply for how programmes should be designed. Her work has been published in major economics journals, and widely cited in the media. Professor Eissa is a recipient of the National Tax Association’s Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation in Government Finance and Taxation (1995). She is also a member of the National Academy of Social Insurance.
Content by Nada Eissa
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Publication - Project Report
What is the fiscal costs of tax incentives in Uganda?
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Project
Tax evasion in customs: Firm level evidence from Uganda
Developing countries are constrained by a lack of resources to fund growth enhancing public investments. Trade taxes are one important source of tax revenues for almost all of these economies. Uganda is no exception: In fiscal year 2017/18 revenues from import duties (tariffs) alone contributed about 8.5 percent to total tax collection. For this project we propose to...
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Multimedia Item - Video
Video: Why is tax compliance important for growth?
Nada Eissa, IGC Lead Academic for IGC Uganda, discusses why compliance is important to growth in developing countries and the role of information. This video is part of our #IGC10 campaign
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Project
Fiscal impacts of a presumptive tax for microenterprises in Rwanda
This report examines the impact of the 2012 reform to micro and small enterprise tax law, which created a presumptive ‘flat fee’ regime in both Personal Income Tax (PIT) and Corporate Income Tax (CIT). In this regime, taxpayers whose turnover falls within a given band pay a fixed liability, with a zero marginal tax rate. Subsequent years have seen growth in both...
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Publication - Project Report
Fiscal impacts of a presumptive tax for microenterprises in Rwanda
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Project
The impacts of an innovative audit strategy on the amount and incidence of retail tax evasion: Mystery shoppers and electronic billing machines
Rwanda in 2013 mandated VAT-registered businesses to use certified electronic billing machines (EBMs) with a promise to improve business efficiency and tax compliance. These machines specify the correct tax amount and send data for each transaction in real-time to the Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA). Although current data confirms the effectiveness of using EBMs as measured...
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Publication - Project Memo
Evaluation of electronic billing machines: Effectiveness of tax administration (Project Memo)
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Publication - Project Memo
Fiscal decentralisation in South Sudan (Project Memo)
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Project
East African Community tax comparison
Many countries want to raise additional revenue, be it primarily for public investment, for social services, or for debt and deficit reduction. Regardless of revenue mobilisation plans, economic and institutional conditions limit the amount of taxes that a country can raise within the bounds of reason. This paper aims to quantify such tax capacity for a 27 year panel of 85...
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Project
The dynamics of civil service reform and demobilisation
An oversized public sector constrains efficiency and growth Though challenging, reducing the public sector is an opportunity for a healthier economy Government needs a strategy to reduce and improve its civil service for better growth The study increased awareness of the issue and led to requests for follow-up studies In South Sudan the public...
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Multimedia Item - Audio
Africa Growth Forum 2015: Nada Eissa & Adnan Khan
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Project
Fiscal decentralisation
Overly centralised spending can inhibit an efficient allocation of government services This report is a response to government interest in understanding the introduction of fiscal federalism and how it can also contribute to stability and prosperity. The report found that there is scope for a more efficient allocation of resources across districts that may...
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Project
Evaluation of electronic billing machines: Effectiveness of tax administration
Increasing domestic revenues is key to reducing reliance on aid but VAT collection in Rwanda has slowed recently This study investigated whether new Electronic Billing Machines (EBMs) could increase VAT receipts The study finds that (government-mandated) EBM usage increases VAT receipts by on average 5.4% The revenue authority are using the study to...
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Multimedia Item - Video
Growth Week 2014: Country Session - Rwanda
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Publication - Policy Brief
Building State Capabilities: Latest Research and Policy
The International Growth Centre (IGC) sponsored its first “Growth Forum” in South Sudan on 10th December 2012. The event was co-sponsored by the Centre for Strategic Analyses and Research (C-SAR). The forum was focused on “Building State Capabilities” and brought two leading economists from the United States to present policy relevant research to an audience that...
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Publication - Policy Brief
Analysis of Sudan’s Labour Bill (Policy Brief)
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Project
Labour markets in South Sudan
The Labour Bill provides a key step towards establishing economic stability in South Sudan. It establishes the regulatory framework within which employers can operate and create jobs. More specifically the Labour Bill establishes labour institutions, defines general conditions of employment and fundamental rights of workers. The Bill reflects the input of all stakeholders,...