Social Responsibility Initiatives for Public-Private Partnership Projects: A Comparative Study between China and Ghana

Robert Osei-Kyei, Albert P. C. Chan, Yao Yu, Chuan Chen, Yongjian Ke and Bashir Tijani
Additional contact information
Robert Osei-Kyei: School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics, Western Sydney University, Penrith NSW 2751, Australia
Albert P. C. Chan: Department of Building and Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Hum, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Yao Yu: Department of Building and Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Hum, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Chuan Chen: Business School, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
Yongjian Ke: School of Built Environment, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney 2007, Australia
Bashir Tijani: School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics, Western Sydney University, Penrith NSW 2751, Australia

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 5, 1-14

Abstract: Sustainability is a global issue and its enhancement through modern forms of procurements, such as public-private partnership (PPP), has become topical considering the huge impact of PPP activities on society, the economy, and the environment. However, one way of promoting sustainability thorough PPPs is the adoption of social responsibility (SR) initiatives/factors. This paper aims to empirically investigate the SR factors in PPPs through a comparative study between China and Ghana. An empirical questionnaire survey was conducted in both China and Ghana. Further, the mean score ranking, Kendall’s coefficient of concordance, and Mann-Whitney U test were used for data analysis. Results show that SR factors related to the economic efficiency of PPP projects and climate change adaptation are critical in China, whereas in Ghana, SR factors directly related to job creation and environmental protection are critical. The outputs of this study inform investors of the critical SR initiatives to consider when engaging in PPPs in Asia and Africa. In addition, they provide a solid knowledge base for the continuous international debate on how sustainability could be enhanced through PPP policy.

Keywords: public-private partnership; social responsibility; sustainability; sustainable development; China; Ghana (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (5)

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/5/1338/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/5/1338/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:11:y:2019:i:5:p:1338-:d:210798

Access Statistics for this article

Sustainability is currently edited by Ms. Alexandra Wu

More articles in Sustainability from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().