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Access to safe drinking water, good sanitation, occurrence of under-five mortality and standard of living in developing countries : system GMM approach

The present study aims to examine the impact of access to safe drinking water and good sanitation on under-five mortality in developing countries by using a panel data-set for 81 selected developing countries with data spanning from 2008 to 2016. System generalized method of moments (GMM) was appl...

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Main Authors: Waziri, Salisu Ibrahim, Norashidah Mohamed Nor,, Law, Siong Hook, Azman Hassan,
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19810/1/jeko_522-22.pdf
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spelling my-ukm.journal.198102022-09-21T07:05:46Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19810/ Access to safe drinking water, good sanitation, occurrence of under-five mortality and standard of living in developing countries : system GMM approach Waziri, Salisu Ibrahim Norashidah Mohamed Nor, Law, Siong Hook Azman Hassan, The present study aims to examine the impact of access to safe drinking water and good sanitation on under-five mortality in developing countries by using a panel data-set for 81 selected developing countries with data spanning from 2008 to 2016. System generalized method of moments (GMM) was applied to achieve the objectives of the study. The findings of the first objective reveal that access to safe drinking water is negative and significantly related to under-five mortality. Similarly, the result of the second objective shows that good sanitation is also negatively related with the prevalence of under-five mortality in developing countries. The results have implication on the availability of future workforce and the citizens’ standard of living in developing countries. Thus, the study recommends that, by providing safe drinking water and good sanitation for all, could potentially reduce water-related diseases and death prevalence amongst children below the age of five, especially in developing countries where more than 80% of global under-five mortality exists. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19810/1/jeko_522-22.pdf Waziri, Salisu Ibrahim and Norashidah Mohamed Nor, and Law, Siong Hook and Azman Hassan, (2018) Access to safe drinking water, good sanitation, occurrence of under-five mortality and standard of living in developing countries : system GMM approach. Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia, 52 (2). pp. 279-289. ISSN 0127-1962 https://www.ukm.my/jem/issue/v52i2/
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description The present study aims to examine the impact of access to safe drinking water and good sanitation on under-five mortality in developing countries by using a panel data-set for 81 selected developing countries with data spanning from 2008 to 2016. System generalized method of moments (GMM) was applied to achieve the objectives of the study. The findings of the first objective reveal that access to safe drinking water is negative and significantly related to under-five mortality. Similarly, the result of the second objective shows that good sanitation is also negatively related with the prevalence of under-five mortality in developing countries. The results have implication on the availability of future workforce and the citizens’ standard of living in developing countries. Thus, the study recommends that, by providing safe drinking water and good sanitation for all, could potentially reduce water-related diseases and death prevalence amongst children below the age of five, especially in developing countries where more than 80% of global under-five mortality exists.
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author Waziri, Salisu Ibrahim
Norashidah Mohamed Nor,
Law, Siong Hook
Azman Hassan,
spellingShingle Waziri, Salisu Ibrahim
Norashidah Mohamed Nor,
Law, Siong Hook
Azman Hassan,
Access to safe drinking water, good sanitation, occurrence of under-five mortality and standard of living in developing countries : system GMM approach
author_facet Waziri, Salisu Ibrahim
Norashidah Mohamed Nor,
Law, Siong Hook
Azman Hassan,
author_sort Waziri, Salisu Ibrahim
title Access to safe drinking water, good sanitation, occurrence of under-five mortality and standard of living in developing countries : system GMM approach
title_short Access to safe drinking water, good sanitation, occurrence of under-five mortality and standard of living in developing countries : system GMM approach
title_full Access to safe drinking water, good sanitation, occurrence of under-five mortality and standard of living in developing countries : system GMM approach
title_fullStr Access to safe drinking water, good sanitation, occurrence of under-five mortality and standard of living in developing countries : system GMM approach
title_full_unstemmed Access to safe drinking water, good sanitation, occurrence of under-five mortality and standard of living in developing countries : system GMM approach
title_sort access to safe drinking water, good sanitation, occurrence of under-five mortality and standard of living in developing countries : system gmm approach
publisher Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2018
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19810/1/jeko_522-22.pdf
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https://www.ukm.my/jem/issue/v52i2/
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