Baseline study : community development and licit opportunities program (CDLO)

This information includes a set of sociodemographic, economic, and institutional data ordered systematically under the theory of change and following the program’s development hypothesis. The study used mixed methods (surveys, in-depth interviews, and participatory workshops) to investigate the conditions of rural households and community organizations in the territory. The coverage area is 45 municipalities that share critical conditions (assumptions), a low government presence, the effects of the conflict on the population and territory, high degrees of marginalization, and precarious living conditions, along with the presence of illicit crops. Multivariate analyses were carried out using correlations, hierarchical cluster analysis, and principal component analysis to investigate the interaction between the variables of citizen security, social capital, and territorial governance. The main conclusions of the study reflect that the critical assumptions were confirmed along with the negative impact they have on the conditions of social capital and territorial governance.