| Shrnutí: | Those dealing with the issues of poverty and development have
recently acknowledged the heterogeneity of the poor. The extreme
poor rest on the other side of this poverty spectrum. Women in the
extreme poor households bear a larger burden of poverty than men
do. The Income Generation for Vulnerable Groups Development
(IGVGD) is a programme designed to link these destitute women
from the poorest 10-15 percent of the population to mainstream
development activities of BRAC. The aim of this paper is to locate
the factors accountable for elevating the socioeconomic situation of
some of these IGVGD participants. The discussion focuses on the
lives of nine ex-VGD participants {those who have finished their 18-
month food ration cycle/ with different involvement status and
varying degrees of success. It appears that having male earning
members in the household along with being inuolued in multiple
income generating activities were important reasons for the success
of these particular members. While searching for factors
contributing to success, this study also encountered an existing
discourse on the relationship between a woman's status, her idea of
"honour," and her views on the changes due to programme
intervention. This dialogue is suggestive of changes initiated by an
exogenous source, such as the IGVGD programme, as well as their
link with existing cultural ideals.
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