Themrise Khan is an independent policy researcher in global development and migration, and co-editor of the book “White Saviorism in International Development. Theories, Practices and Lived Experiences,” published in March 2023 by Daraja Press.
For a while it felt as if those of us who the development system had stifled through its U.S.- and Euro-centric, autocratic control were finally getting the chance to tell our side of the story. But soon, cracks began to appear.
Recent cuts to the United Kingdom's foreign aid commitments have elicited much backlash over breaking promises to the poorest people in the world. But this perpetuates an unhelpful narrative that plagues foreign aid, this op-ed argues.
