Recovery in Northern Uganda: findings from a panel study in Acholi and Lango sub-regions

This report describes household recovery in northern Uganda from the 20 years of conflict between the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and the Government of Uganda (GoU) by following the same households between 2013 and 2018. The trends in food security, wealth, and access to services show that, although frequently perceived as such, recovery is not a linear process and also indicates that household resilience is consistently upended by idiosyncratic and covariate shocks. Despite the cessation of conflict in 2007, the effects of the LRA/GoU war in northern Uganda remain. Thus, it is essential to continue to invest in this region with special attention to the legacy of the decades long war.