Global Divide Observational Report

Instructions: Recall the different communities you have been to and make an
observational report. Write down your personal experiences and interactions with the
members of those different communities that you can relate to the issue of global divide
as well as the problems of poverty and underdevelopment. Explain the various factors
that could have affected the socio-economic conditions of the community. Identify ways
by which these problems you have written about can be addressed.

Community Economic Issue Contributing Potential

and Challenges Factors Solutions
1. Rural village in -High -Geographic -Microfinance
a developing unemployment location programs
country -Poor access to -Limited -Investment in
education or investment in education and
healthcare education and job vocational
-Lack of training training
infrastructure or -Historical events -Infrastructure
resources development
-Improved access
to healthcare

2. Major city in a -Income inequality -Globalization -Affordable

developed nation -High cost of - housing initiatives
housing Deindustrialization -Improved public
-Traffic congestion -Urban sprawl transportation
-Gentrification -Investment in job
-Job displacement training
due to automation -Progressive
taxation
-Smart city
initiatives