Blessings holds a BA degree in Public Administration from the University of Malawi, Master of Philosophy (MPhil) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees in Development Studies obtained from the Universities of Cambridge, UK and Mainz, Germany respectively.
He has vast experience in conducting research and consultancy assignments in public, private and civil society sectors including training and capacity building assignments. His core areas of expertise and competence include decentralization and poverty reduction, governance and democracy, institutional and policy analysis, globalization and regional integration, targeting in development interventions, human rights based approaches to development, agriculture and rural development, and rural livelihoods and local level politics.
His skills, expertise and competence are further backed up by an impressive track record of publications especially in the areas of rural livelihoods, governance and institutional analysis, and policymaking.
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