The purpose of this paper is to critically examine the multinational oil companies (MOCs) corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives in Nigeria. Its special focus is to investigate the impact of the global memorandum of understanding (GMoU) on development of rural women's traditional enterprises in the Niger Delta region. A total of 2,400 women were sampled across the region. Results from the use of a combined propensity score matching and logit model indicate that the GMoU model of the CSR has recorded significant success in supporting farming and fishing transformation generally, but has also undermined those initiatives that focused on empowering rural women in traditional enterprises, due to the cultural and traditional context in the region. This causes both direct harm to women and their children, and wider costs to African economies. It implies that if the GMoU interventions are not targeted to raise women's economic status and to deter aggression, invariably they may contribute towards reducing the participation of women in economic, political and social development and, by extension, dampen efforts in deterring poverty and achieving the sustainable development goals in sub‐Saharan Africa.

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加强妇女对撒哈拉以南非洲传统企业的参与：企业社会责任倡议在尼日利亚尼日尔三角洲的作用

本文的目的是严格审查尼日利亚的跨国石油公司（MOC）企业社会责任（CSR）计划。它的特别重点是调查全球谅解备忘录（GMoU）对尼日尔三角洲地区农村妇女传统企业发展的影响。该地区共有2400名妇女被抽样。使用倾向得分匹配和对数模型相结合的结果表明，企业社会责任的GMoU模型在支持农业和渔业转型方面取得了巨大成功，但也削弱了那些旨在增强传统企业中农村妇女能力的举措。该地区的文化和传统背景。这既对妇女及其子女造成直接伤害，并给非洲经济带来更大的成本。它意味着，如果GMoU干预措施的目标不是提高妇女的经济地位和阻止侵略，那么它们无一例外都可能有助于减少妇女对经济，政治和社会发展的参与，并因此而削弱了为减轻贫困和实现贫困做出的努力。撒哈拉以南非洲的可持续发展目标。