The Emperor's New Clothes All Over Again: A tale from Palestine

Nora Lester Murad

Development, 2011, vol. 54, issue 4, 514-519

Abstract: Nora Lester Murad uses her own experience to expose the incompatibility of the common ‘development’ worldview with political realities in Palestine; and she critiques the development community for playing along with the charade that Palestine is ‘post-conflict’. Using the findings of research with grassroots civil society organizations, she shows how dependence on development cooperation often contributes to the denial of Palestinians’ right to self-determination. She argues for honest self-reflection by the international development community, the Palestinian Authority, and Palestinian civil society to end complicity with efforts that maintain structural inequality rather than challenge it.

Date: 2011
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