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Natural disasters destroy more than homes – they scatter communities too

Evidence from Uganda suggests that natural disasters can reduce income and life satisfaction for years, especially when households are displaced without their social networks.

Energy & Environment

Travis Baseler Jakob Hennig

Published 02.06.26

Jakob Hennig

Founder and Director, Deraja

José A. Jurado

Senior Research Economist, Seidman Research Institute, Arizona State University

Thomas Cornelissen

Professor, Department of Economics, University of Essex

Fortunata Songora Makene

Executive Director, Economic and Social Research Foundation

Lars Ivar Oppedal Berge

Associate Professor, Department of Accounting, Auditing and Law, NHH Norwegian School of Economics

Linda Helgesson Sekei

Senior Consultant, NIRAS International Consulting

Pablo Álvarez-Aragón

Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Economics, University of Bologna

Michelle Rao

Fellow, Center for Global Development

Ivan de las Heras

PhD Student, Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University

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