Introduction to International Development integrates the work of leading experts from disciplines as varied as geography, history, sociology, political science, economics, gender studies, and anthropology. Contributed chapters present foundational overviews as well as in-depth coverage of issues at the heart of today's most pressing international debates, providing students with the conceptual tools they need to understand the challenges, successes, and failures of international development within today's dynamic and changing world. This edition has been fully updated and includes coverage of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the COVID-19 pandemic. It also includes two new chapters on economic development theories, a new chapter on refugees, and a new chapter on economic resilience in Indigenous communities."-- Provided by publisher.