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Social Capital in the wake of Disaster Format Executive Summary A massive, unprecedented explosion ripped through Beirut at 6:08 p.m. on August 4, 2020. The detonation at the capital city’s port left 300,000 people displaced, 6,000 people wounded, and around 200 people dead. The blast, erupting amidst an economic collapse and cyclical waves of COVID-19 lockdown protocols, greatly affected small businesses, the main economic sector of the Lebanese economy. Funded by the Agence Française de...