In 2016 the new version of Sisbén was created, and with this, substantial changes gave an ac- count of the interest that the current government has in experimenting with the data and informa- tion of people living in poverty.

 On the one hand, the National Planning Depart- ment (DNP), the entity that administers the Sisbén database, decided to modify this system’s algorithm to include the prediction of “inco- me-generating capacity.” An attempt to reduce the number of people living in poverty who could access a social benefit was made this way. On the other hand, an information exchange system was created with 34 public and private databa- ses to verify citizens’ reported data.