Abstract
The objective of this study is to investigate the impact of economic and social factors on child
mortality in South Asian countries. Economic factors consist of economic growth, private and
public health expenditures while social factors are comprised of access to improved water
sources, access to improved sanitation facilities, and environmental quality. This study
collected the data from World Development Indicators (WDI) over the period of 1967-2016.
This study utilized Johnson co-integration test to investigate the long run co-integration. The
study found that long-run co-integration exits among the modeled variables. The results of
long-run co-integration recommend that Auto Regressive Distributive Lag (ARDL) is
appropriate to examine the short-run relationship among the modeled variables. The study
found that access to improve water and sanitation facilities, environmental quality, total
health expenditure, and economic growth significantly and negatively affect child survival.
Moreover, the study has also investigated private and public health expenditure on child
mortality separately and found that the size of the impact of public health expenditure is
greater than private health expenditure. This study guides the policy makers and international
agencies that in order to meet the required rate of child mortality they should invest more in
the health sector and should provide clean water, sanitation facilities to its residents.
Moreover, the study recommends that the government should revise environmental policies to
lower the child mortality rate.
Shazia Kousar, Mahwish Zafar, Saeed Ahmad Sabir, Ali Sajjad. (2019) A Step toward Realization of Vision 2030; Reduction in Child Mortality: New Evidence from South Asian Countries, Journal of Independent Studies and Research-Management, Social Sciences and Economics, Volume-17, Issue-1.
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