Dr-Nedson-Pophiwa
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Research Interests
Evidence-based policy-making
Local and regional economic development
Governance of trans-border migration, mobility and trade
Made in Africa evaluation approaches and methods
Sustainable development

Dr Nedson Pophiwa

Senior Lecturer

ORCID http://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2433-3224
Qualifications
PhD (UKZN), MA (Wits), MA and BA Hons (University of Zimbabwe)
Organisational Unit
Wits School of Governance
Biography

Dr Nedson Pophiwa is a senior lecturer in Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E). He has conducted research and M&E projects for several funders and government departments. An economic historian by training, Nedson uses contemporary history methods and inter-disciplinary social science approaches to unpack current trends and challenges in public policy and development.

He holds a PhD in Economic History from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, an MA in Forced Migration Studies from Wits University, an MA in African Economic History as well as a BA Hons in Economic History, both from University of Zimbabwe.

His work experience spans across public, development and academic sectors. Prior to joining WSG, Pophiwa was a senior researcher at the National Consumer Commission where he led research projects on consumer protection. He has also worked for institutions such as the Centre for Learning on Evaluation and Results (CLEAR-AA), the Human Sciences Research Council and the Africa Institute of South Africa.

In terms of his contribution to research, Nedson has published peer reviewed publications in journals, book chapters and also read papers at academic conferences. He is a co-editor of two books, namely, Evaluation Landscape in Africa: Context, methods and capacity, published by African Sun Media (2019) and Africa in a changing global environment: Perspectives of climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies in Africa, published by the Africa Institute of South Africa (2013).

Work

Erratum: The Seventh Biennial South African Monitoring and Evaluation Association Conference 2019: Shaping M&E for a sustainable future – Editorial
African Evaluation Journal
2021 | journal-article
DOI: 10.4102/AEJ.V9I1.579
EID: 2-s2.0-85126997872
ISSN: 23065133 23104988

Erratum: “The Seventh Biennial South African Monitoring and Evaluation Association Conference 2019: Shaping M&E for a sustainable future – Editorial” (African Evaluation Journal, (2019), 8(1) (a512), (10.4102/aej.v8i1.512))
African Evaluation Journal
2021 | journal-article
DOI: 10.4102/aej.v8i1.512
EID: 2-s2.0-85124337182
ISSN: 23065133 23104988

Cross-Border Mobility between South Africa and Zimbabwe: Historical and Contemporary Trajectories of Development in Musina, South Africa
Mankind Quarterly
2020 | journal-article
DOI: 10.46469/MQ.2020.61.2.7
EID: 2-s2.0-85099168120
ISSN: 00252344

Shopping-Oriented Mobility Across the Zimbabwe-South Africa Border: Modalities and Encounters
Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development
2020 | book-chapter
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-42890-7_6
EID: 2-s2.0-85107048292
ISSN: 21987270 21987262

Life after judgment: the Nokotyana case re-examined*
Journal of Contemporary African Studies
2018 | journal-article
DOI: 10.1080/02589001.2017.1411583
EID: 2-s2.0-85036577533
ISSN: 14699397 02589001

Cashing in on Mobility: Cross-Border Shopping and the Political Economy of the Zimbabwe-South Africa Borderland
Migration, Cross-border Trade and Development in Africa: Exploring the Role of Non-state Actors in the Sadc Region
2017 | journal-article
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-55399-3_7
WOSUID: WOS:000448973900008

Mobile livelihoods—the players involved in smuggling of commodities across the Zimbabwe‐Mozambique border
Journal of Borderlands Studies
2010 | journal-article
DOI: 10.1080/08865655.2010.9695762
EID: 2-s2.0-85036546681
ISSN: 21591229 08865655