TY - CHAP A1 - do Carmo dos Santos Gonçalves, Maria A1 - Gutwald, Rebecca A1 - Kleibl, Tanja A1 - Lutz, Ronald A1 - Noyoo, Ndangwa A1 - Twikiriz, Janestic T1 - Concluding Remarks and Summation T2 - The Coronavirus Crisis and Challenges to Social Development N2 - This chapter serves as the conclusion to the whole book, which covers different regions around the globe. In this regard, it proffers global perspectives to social development’s responses to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and how the world was impacted by this virus. In essence, it examines a multiplicity of issues pertaining to COVID-19. It must be noted that the issues raised in this book’s chapters are not exhaustive. Nevertheless, they encompass the following: social issues, social work strategies and responses at the local and global level, responses of social work educators and students, and a focus on a post-pandemic global scenario. In arriving at the book’s conclusion, the editors also reflect on their personal journeys, which they had embarked upon when they started writing this book, in dire and perilous circumstances. Y1 - 2022 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-fhws/frontdoor/index/index/docId/5501 UR - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/357531441_Concluding_Remarks_and_Summation SP - 443 EP - 446 ER -