Progress / Avances

Progress / Avances

Project Timeline / Cronograma

12-month research project · 2025–2026 · Bogotá, Colombia

● IN PROGRESS · Months 1–5

Phase 1 — Spatial Institutional Diagnosis

Construction of the three-filter institutional invisibility gradient using Sisbén IV microdata. Spatial analysis at three scales: block (44,052 units), UPZ (112 zones), and locality. Spatial join with 10-metre buffer achieving 99.4% household assignment to valid blocks. Drafting Paper 2.

Key outputs: Gradient map with layer variables for all 1,746,248 households · Maps at three territorial scales · Deprivation profile tables by layer · Identification of focus territories (Teusaquillo, Los Cedros, Galerías, Quinta Paredes).

○ UPCOMING · Months 4–9

Phase 2 — Qualitative Participatory Fieldwork

Two parallel streams of fieldwork, both guided by the territories identified in Phase 1.

With households: In-depth interviews → disposable cameras → urban walks → collaborative mapping workshops → return interviews analyzing photos. Recruitment without poverty language: stratum 3–4, informal or underemployed worker, active mortgage and/or private education spending.

With institutional actors: Semi-structured interviews with SDIS officials, Sisbén IV operators, and social service frontline workers in the identified territories. Exploring how they read, classify, and respond to the population the system does not recognise.

○ UPCOMING · Months 7–12

Phase 3 — Integrated Analysis & Knowledge Transfer

Thematic coding and triangulation between quantitative and qualitative components. Analysis of photo + narrative pairs. Cross-analysis of household and institutional actor perspectives. Drafting Paper 2 (final) and Paper 3. Production of policy brief, narrative maps, and replicable methodology protocol. Community return workshop. Final CEMR presentation.

Deliverables / Productos

ProductDescriptionAudienceMonth
Paper 2Mapping Institutional Invisibility: the Sisbén IV gradient in BogotáInternational academic community8
Paper 3Perceiving Non-Recognition: households and institutional actors in Bogotá’s hidden poverty territoriesInternational academic community12
Policy BriefMechanisms of non-recognition + recommendations for Sisbén IV targeting and territorial planningSDIS, Secretaría de Planeación, DANE11
Narrative MapsMaps integrating institutional data, household voices, and visual representations from fieldworkCommunities, CEMR10
Methodology ProtocolReplicable sequential mixed-methods protocol for studying hidden poverty in other Colombian citiesCEMR, researchers12
CEMR PresentationFinal results presentation with both papers in advanced stateCEMR12