Rumaan Alam's recent novel, Entitlement, offers insights into the effects of money and power on the professionals who work in establishment philanthropy.
Alam's novel has empathy for members of this class, as represented by Brooke Orr, even as it is also sharply critical of them.
Alam gently and incrementally, though speedily at the end, brings the reader along with Brooke as she moves along this spectrum from internally fretful to entitled.
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) released the Nigerian Sustainable Banking Principles, an agreement signed by 34 banks, including the original eight of the nation’s leading banks, that covered nine key areas: environmental and social risk management, environmental and social footprint, human rights, women’s economic empowerment, financial inclusion, environmental and social governance, capacity building, collaborative partnerships and reporting.