Sylvia Bergh
Bio
Sylvia I. Bergh is lecturer in development management and governance at the Institute of Social Studies (ISS) in The Hague, NL. She recently defended her D.Phil. thesis in Development Studies at the University of Oxford, focusing on decentralisation and local governance in Morocco.
Sylvia previously worked at the World Bank. Her academic background includes a strong focus on the Middle East/North Africa (MENA) region. Besides her teaching responsibilities and project work (including in Uganda), Sylvia plans to continue doing research on state-society relations at the local level in the MENA region as well as in other developing countries.
Publications
- 'Constraints to strengthening public sector accountability through Civil Society: The case of Morocco', International Journal of Public Policy, Special Issue on 'Public Sector Accountability and Multiple Network Governance: Emerging Issues', forthcoming (2008)
- 'Adapting the Capability Approach to Explain the Effects of Participatory Development Programs: Case Studies from India and Morocco' (with Sony Pellissery), Journal of Human Development, Vol. 8 No. 2, July 2007, pp. 283-302
- 'Democratic decentralisation and local participation - a review of some recent research', Development in Practice, special issue on decentralisation, Vol. 14 No. 6, November 2004, pp. 780-790
Contact
Institute of Social Studies
Kortenaerkade 12
NL- 2518AX The Hague
The Netherlands