This Report combines a global review of food aid with an overview of the World Food Programme's work in 1989. In previous years similar material has been available in separate reports. This year, with the combined publication, the work of WFP can be seen in juxtaposition with the worldwide food aid picture. Publication of this report coincides with the commencement of a new decade, The report takes both a retrospective look at food aid in the 1980s and the prospects for food aid in the coming years.