message: According to a 2006 survey of 425,000 families in the monga zone by Palli Karma Shahayak Foundation [see: http://www.pksf-bd.org/citygropu_award.htm], an NGO, and the country's Institute of Microfinance, about 20 percent had no choice but to sell their assets and property to feed their families, while 40 percent had to migrate to other places for jobs.