Gilbert Rist

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”. Rist held a PhD from the Graduate Institute of International Studies.

Rist died on 15 February 2023, at the age of 84. Provided by Wikipedia