Blessing Gweshengwe
|
Academic Qualifications
- BSc Honours Degree in Urban and Rural Planning (University of Zimbabwe)
- MA in Poverty and Development (University of Sussex)
- PhD in Geography (Universiti Brunei Darussalam)
Thematic Expertise
- Poverty conceptualization
- analysis and reduction
- Sustainable Livelihoods
- Food Security
- Social Protection
- Micro-finance
- Aid Management
- Biodiversity Conservation
- Climate change
- Disaster Management
- Use of participatory tools and methods
- Project planning and management
- Urban Planning
Geographical Expertise
- Zimbabwe
- Brunei Darussalam
PhD Research
Conceptualisation of poverty in the context of Brunei Darussalam (Supervisors: Dr. Hairuni Hj Md Ali Maricar and Dr. Noor Hasharina)
Teaching
Tutor on:
- Resources & Development
- Patterns of Development
- Gender & Development
- Planning and Development Issues ( Second Semester, 2014-2015 academic year)
Publications
Gweshengwe, B. (2023). The regional comprehensive economic partnership and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goal 1 within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations region. Bentham Science Publishers. https://www.eurekaselect.com/chapter/18446
Gweshengwe, B., & Matai, J. (2022). Peri-urbanisation and the quality of life of the original inhabitants in Zimbabwe peri-urban areas: Lessons from Harare peri-urban. SAGE, The International Journal of Community and Social Development. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/25166026221112520
Goba, N., & Gweshengwe, B. (2022). Book review: Poverty eradication measures in peri-urban areas of Zimbabwe: A case study of Mutasa south peri-urban. Journal of the Institute of Rural and Agricultural Development. https://kwartalnik.irwirpan.waw.pl/wir/article/download/821/731/799
Gweshengwe, B. (2021). Book review: Poverty and microfinance in Brunei Darussalam by Rose Abdullah. SAGE, The International Journal of Community and Social Development. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/25166026211015486
Gweshengwe, B. (2021). Book review: Sustainable Livelihoods and rural development by Ian Scoones. The Royal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia Journal of Basic and Applied Research, 3(1), 179-191. (PDF Version)
Gweshengwe, B., Noor Hasharina Hassan & Hairuni Mohamed Ali Maricar. (2020). Understanding quality of life in Brunei Darussalam. Cogent Social Sciences, 6(1), 1-13.
Link: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23311886.2020.1838705
Gweshengwe, B. (2020). Seasonal poverty in Zimbabwe and Cambodia: A comparative analysis of the developing world. Cambodia Journal of Basic and Applied Research 2(1), 57–88. Link: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343725849_Seasonal_poverty_in_Zimbabwe_and_Cambodia_A_comparative_analysis_of_the_developing_world
Gweshengwe, B., & Noor Hasharina Hassan. (2020). Defining the characteristics of poverty and their implications for poverty analysis. Cogent Social Sciences, 6(1) , 1 - 10. Link: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23311886.2020.1768669
Gweshengwe B., Noor Hasharina Hassan & Hairuni Mohamed Ali Maricar. (2020). Perceptions of the language and meaning of poverty in Brunei Darussalam. Journal of Asian and African Studies, 1 – 18. Link: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0021909619900218
Gweshengwe, B., & Noor Hasharina Hassan (2019). Knowledge to policy: Understanding poverty to create policies that facilitate zero poverty in Brunei Darussalam. Southeast Asia: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 19, pp. 95–104. (PDF Version).
Gweshengwe, B. (2019). A critique of the Income Poverty Line and Global Multidimensional Poverty Index. Southeast Asia: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 19, pp. 37–46. (PDF Version).
Gweshengwe, B. (2016). Is there congruity between the conventional poverty measures and the current conceptualisation of poverty? Paper was presented at the Brunei–Malaysia 2016 Forum, UBD, 16 17 November 2016.
Gweshengwe, B. (2011). Rebuilding sustainable urban livelihoods for poor and vulnerable households: Case of Mbare, Harare, Zimbabwe (Lambert Academic Publishing: Saarbrucken, Germany).