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 The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (, abbreviated IHEID), commonly referred to as Geneva Graduate Institute, is a graduate-level research university in Geneva, Switzerland dedicated to international relations, dev ...

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. He was best known for his study, ''The History of Development: From Western Origins to Global Faith'', which criticizes

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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.En hommage à Gilbert Rist

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English *Gilbert Rist, ''The History of Development: From Western Origins to Global Faith'', Expanded Edition, London: Zed Books, 2003 *Gilbert Rist, ''The Delusions of Economics: The Misguided Certainties of a Hazardous Science'', London: Zed Books, 2011 French (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 *(with Majid Rahnema and

Gustavo Esteva Gustavo Esteva (20 August 1936 – 17 March 2022) was a Mexican activist, "deprofessionalized intellectual" and founder of the Centro de Encuentros y Diálogos Interculturales and the Universidad de la Tierra in the Mexican city of Oaxaca. He ...

), ''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 Spanish *''L'économie ordinaire entre songes et mensonges'', Presses de Sciences Po, Paris, 2010

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