A Bit Too Simple

Beyond Savior Narratives: Rethinking Development and Sustainability

Narratives that depict development workers as heroes rescuing local populations from their unsustainable practices have fueled problematic policies and interventions. This book critically analyzes such metanarratives, drawing on fieldwork across four continents.

• It reveals how these simplified, universal narratives fail to capture complex lived realities.
• It argues that development metanarrati…