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Editors’ Note

Social Development Issues Builds Knowledge and is a Force for Global Good

pp1 Leila Patel

President’s Welcome and ICSD 50th Anniversary Address at the 24th ICSD Biennial International Conference—Innovations in Social Work and Social Development: Uniting Communities across the Globe for Sustainable Change, Kochi, India, 8–10 and 14 January 2025

pp4 Manohar Pawar

Report 24th ICSD Biennial Conference – DYUTI 2025

pp31 Saju M.D., George Palattiyil, Rajeev S.P, Anil John, and Reena Merin Cherian

Revisiting Social Work Curricula to Respond to National Emergency Needs During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Ethiopia and Eswatini

pp37 Wassie Kebede, Aleminew Mekonnen, and Clement Dlamini

Participatory Theatre in Social Work Research: Empowerment Through a Creative Lens

pp60 Suchetana Sarkar and Suchetana Ghosh

Psychological Self-Sufficiency and Health: Testing the Mediating Effect of Executive Functioning

pp78 Philip Young P. Hong, Harold E. Briggs, Sukhee Kim, Alanna J. Shin, and Anthony Johnson