according to the social sustainable development pillar is helping the student enjoy their social and basic academic needs in life, thus contributing to a sustainable development in the country. 5.7.4 TESHIE HOSPITAL CONSTRUCTION The Chinese grant of $7.3 million for the construction of the hospital in Teshie in 2011 was built by Geo-Engineering Corporation. The hospital comprises of several departments and China’s serves as estimated one million of the people living in Accra, the Chinese company GEC operated in Ghana courtesy Chinese state funds. The hospital which hosts over 100 beds has enabled residents of Teshie and its environs to benefit from improved health facility. However, formerly they had to go long distance to other health facilities such as the military hospital which is always chocked with patients (Nuamah Samuel, 2010). Such a facility is vital to meeting the health needs of the Ghanaian citizenry. According to the social sustainability pillar of sustainable development, health is a fundamental human need and right which when met helps individuals in realizing their full human capacities and consequently contributes to social progress. To summarize this, it can be said that, the choice of the four infrastructural projects was as a result of trying to apply the sustainability pillars vis a vis the topic at hand. The sustainable pillars that are economic, cultural, social and environmental were all applied in this case and their implications on these projects as already outlined. The result suggests that Ghana is increasingly relying on China both for financial and infrastructural development from various perspectives. First, the Chinese are ever ready to finance projects that are critical to the long-term development prospects of Ghana, which the traditional bilateral and multilateral donors are unwilling to finance; an example is the Bui Dam. The purpose for the construction of the Dam was to generate enough electricity capacity and to reduce overdependence on the Akosombo Dam which serves as the source of power for Ghana’s the entire country. But the negative aspect is that most of the Ghanaian citizens working in the construction of the Dam were temporary workers who worked for over nine months without any appointment letters (Anthony Yaw Baah and Herbert Janch, 2009). But yet still, the Dam is serving as a source for sustaining development in the country. The Essipon stadium as already mentioned was purposely built to host the Confederation of African Nations football (CAN 2008). The stadium has helped in contributing to the
according to the social sustainable development pillar is helping the student enjoy their social and basic academic needs in life, thus contributing to a sustainable development in the country. 5.7.4 TESHIE HOSPITAL CONSTRUCTION The Chinese grant of $7.3 million for the construction of the hospital in Teshie in 2011 was built by China’s Geo-Engineering Corporation. The hospital comprises of several departments and serves as estimated one million of the people living in Accra, the Chinese company GEC operated in Ghana courtesy Chinese state funds. The hospital which hosts over 100 beds has enabled residents of Teshie and its environs to benefit from improved health facility. However, formerly they had to go long distance to other health facilities such as the military hospital which is always chocked with patients (Nuamah Samuel, 2010). Such a facility is vital to meeting the health needs of the Ghanaian citizenry. According to the social sustainability pillar of sustainable development, health is a fundamental human need and right which when met helps individuals in realizing their full human capacities and consequently contributes to social progress. To summarize this, it can be said that, the choice of the four infrastructural projects was as a result of trying to apply the sustainability pillars vis a vis the topic at hand. The sustainable pillars that are economic, cultural, social and environmental were all applied in this case and their implications on these projects as already outlined. The result suggests that Ghana is increasingly relying on China both for financial and infrastructural development from various perspectives. First, the Chinese are ever ready to finance projects that are critical to the long-term development prospects of Ghana, which the traditional bilateral and multilateral donors are unwilling to finance; an example is the Bui Dam. The purpose for the construction of the Dam was to generate enough electricity capacity and to reduce Ghana’s overdependence on the Akosombo Dam which serves as the source of power for the entire country. But the negative aspect is that most of the Ghanaian citizens working in the construction of the Dam were temporary workers who worked for over nine months without any appointment letters (Anthony Yaw Baah and Herbert Janch, 2009). But yet still, the Dam is serving as a source for sustaining development in the country. The Essipon stadium as already mentioned was purposely built to host the Confederation of African Nations football (CAN 2008). The stadium has helped in contributing to the