Livelihood assets financing as a CSR initiative of microfinance banks in Nigeria

The objective of this chapter is to provide a theoretical model that accentuates the imperatives of Nigerian microfinancial institutions’ corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities aimed at ensuring that access to and use of financial services are maximized by the unbanked. Based on the extant...

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Main Author:	Adewale, Abideen Adeyemi
Format:	Book Chapter
Language:	English
Published:	Gower Publishing Limited 2014
Subjects:	HB Economic Theory HG Finance HG3691 Credit
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/46483/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/46483/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/46483/1/People%2C_Planet%2C_Profit.pdf

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spelling	iium-464832016-07-19T06:50:36Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/46483/ Livelihood assets financing as a CSR initiative of microfinance banks in Nigeria Adewale, Abideen Adeyemi HB Economic Theory HG Finance HG3691 Credit The objective of this chapter is to provide a theoretical model that accentuates the imperatives of Nigerian microfinancial institutions’ corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities aimed at ensuring that access to and use of financial services are maximized by the unbanked. Based on the extant literature, this chapter demonstrates that enormous opportunities that transcend philanthropy exist through which the Nigerian microfinance banks can be socially responsible. The conclusion and recommendation offered elicit the need for empirical studies that investigate the implications of the apparent social mission drift of the Nigerian microfinance banks for the accumulation of the requisite livelihood assets needed by the poor for a sustainable livelihood Gower Publishing Limited 2014 Book Chapter PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/46483/1/People%2C_Planet%2C_Profit.pdf Adewale, Abideen Adeyemi (2014) Livelihood assets financing as a CSR initiative of microfinance banks in Nigeria. In: People, planet and profit: socio-economic perspectives of CSR. Gower Publishing Limited, Surrey, United Kingdom, pp. 219-237. ISBN 978-1-4094-6649-9 (hbk.), 978-1-4049-6650-5 (ebook), 978-1-4049-6650-5 http://www.gowerpublishing.com
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description	The objective of this chapter is to provide a theoretical model that accentuates the imperatives of Nigerian microfinancial institutions’ corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities aimed at ensuring that access to and use of financial services are maximized by the unbanked. Based on the extant literature, this chapter demonstrates that enormous opportunities that transcend philanthropy exist through which the Nigerian microfinance banks can be socially responsible. The conclusion and recommendation offered elicit the need for empirical studies that investigate the implications of the apparent social mission drift of the Nigerian microfinance banks for the accumulation of the requisite livelihood assets needed by the poor for a sustainable livelihood
format	Book Chapter
author	Adewale, Abideen Adeyemi
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title	Livelihood assets financing as a CSR initiative of microfinance banks in Nigeria
title_short	Livelihood assets financing as a CSR initiative of microfinance banks in Nigeria
title_full	Livelihood assets financing as a CSR initiative of microfinance banks in Nigeria
title_fullStr	Livelihood assets financing as a CSR initiative of microfinance banks in Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed	Livelihood assets financing as a CSR initiative of microfinance banks in Nigeria
title_sort	livelihood assets financing as a csr initiative of microfinance banks in nigeria
publisher	Gower Publishing Limited
publishDate	2014
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/46483/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/46483/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/46483/1/People%2C_Planet%2C_Profit.pdf
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Livelihood assets financing as a CSR initiative of microfinance banks in Nigeria

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