The WFP-assisted operation has been successful in providing food aid to needy people during a time when civil war and the dramatic transformation of the socio-economic system have pushed large strata of the population below the poverty line. The system for beneficiary targeting has been comprehensive but needs further efforts for refinement as phasing-down efforts may be initiated. However, the mission considered that the need for continued WFP food assistance was still there in the absence of a marked improvement of the economy that would also produce benefits for the most vulnerable groups and a re-start of a functioning social welfare system. Among the food-for-work activities, the land-lease programme deserves particular attention in view of the various levels of benefits it has produced and can continue to produce. However, the situation in the country has to be particularly well monitored in order to request in due course, as the situation improves, an increasing sense of ownership, responsibility and contribution on the part of the Government and the communities towards the current beneficiaries of WFP assistance.