Gilbert Rist (16 July 1938 – 15 February 2023) was a Swiss educator who was honorary professor at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva.
He was best known for his study, The History of Development: From Western Origins to Global Faith, which criticizes development and has been described as “to date, the most consequential and scholarly critique from the left of the development project”.
[1][2][3] Rist held a PhD from the Graduate Institute of International Studies.
[4] Rist died on 15 February 2023, at the age of 84.
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