Israa A. El Husseiny is a Professor at the Economics Department, Faculty of Economics and Political Science (FEPS), Cairo University. She is actively involved in research pertaining to public finance and public economics, with an emphasis on issues of budgeting and budgetary institutions; fiscal policy; education finance; and public financial management. Prof. El Husseiny obtained her PhD and Master’s in Economics from FEPS, in 2014 and 2009, respectively. In 2021, Prof. Israa A. El Husseiny won the State Incentive Award in the Economic and Legal Sciences, by the Supreme Council of Culture. She has been working as an expert in economic policy; public finance; budget and fiscal decentralization; human development; and financing sustainable development for different international organizations in several development projects in Egypt. Prof. Israa was one of the authors of “Egypt’s Human Development Report 2021” and “Financing Sustainable Development in Egypt Report 2022”. She also was one of the drafting team members of Egypt’s National Anti-Corruption Strategy 2023-2030. Her research articles have appeared in reputable and peer-reviewed international journals.