Angola has been ravaged by years of fighting that has claimed up to 500,000 lives. Tens of thousands of people have been maimed, and 1994 could bring amine to three million of the country's ten million people.
• Food security-Between 1980 and 1990, the domestic food production index fell from 100 to 79. In 1990, food availability was only 80% of daily per capita calorie needs. Renewed fighting in 1993 disrupted agriculture and the distribution of relief supplies. Without a cease-fire, some these million people face starvation in 1994.
• Job and income secunty-Between 1980 and 1991, annual inflation was over 90%. Around two-thirds of the population now lives below the poverty line.