- Gilbert Rist
Gilbert Rist is a professor at the "institut universitaire d'études du développement" (graduate institute of development studies) in
Geneva . He is best known for his ground-breaking study of the concept and practice ofdevelopment .Writings
English
*Gilbert Rist, "The History of Development: From Western Origins to Global Faith", Expanded Edition, London: Zed Books, 2003French (selection)
*(with Marie-Dominique PERROT and Fabrizio SABELLI), La Mythologie programmée, L’économie des croyances dans la société moderne, coll. Economie en liberté, PUF, Paris, 1992
*(withMajid Rahnema andGustavo Esteva ), "Le Nord perdu, Repères pour l’après-développement", coll. Forum du développement, Editions d’En Bas, Lausanne, 1992
*"Le développement, Histoire d'une croyance occidentale", Presses de Sciences Po, Paris, 1996 - also translated into Italian and SpanishExternal links
* [http://www.iued.unige.ch/institut/enseignants/cv_rist_gilbert.html faculty page]
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Development criticism
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