This eBook supports Unit 3 of the VCE Politics Study Design. Focussing on Area of Study 1, this resource explores the global issues and responses associated with Development. The eBook investigates causes of a lack of development, as well as international laws designed to address development. It examines five challenges to the effective resolution of this global issue, and concludes with a detailed case study focussed on the Syrian Civil War, and examines responses and perspectives from global actors.