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Rainfall shocks, child mortality, and water infrastructure.

Sundar Ponnusamy¹

¹Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Caulfield East, Victoria, Australia.

Health Economics

|April 7, 2022

Summary

Extreme rainfall shocks significantly impact child mortality globally, especially in low-income countries. Dam infrastructure offers some protection in vulnerable regions, but effects can persist for years.

Keywords:

child mortality rainfall shocks water infrastructure

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Area of Science:

Environmental Science
Public Health
Development Economics

Background:

Child mortality remains a critical global health challenge.
Climate variability, specifically rainfall shocks, is increasingly recognized as a significant environmental determinant of health outcomes.
Developing countries, particularly low-income countries (LICs) and those reliant on agriculture, are disproportionately vulnerable to climate-related impacts.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the causal relationship between sub-national rainfall shocks and child mortality across a global sample of developing countries.
To identify which populations and regions are most susceptible to adverse effects of rainfall variability.
To assess potential mitigating factors, such as infrastructure, and the persistence of these impacts.

Main Methods:

Utilized sub-national data from a global set of developing countries.
Employed econometric methods to establish the causal link between rainfall shocks (positive and negative) and child mortality rates.
Conducted robustness checks, including controls for fertility, migration, and other relevant factors.

Main Results:

Negative rainfall shocks are associated with increased child mortality, while positive shocks lead to decreased mortality.
Low-income countries and agricultural-dependent economies experience the most severe impacts from negative rainfall shocks.
In LICs, downstream districts with dams show a ~60% mitigation of negative shock impacts, particularly in poorer areas.
The effects of rainfall shocks are persistent, lasting up to three years.

Conclusions:

Rainfall shocks represent a significant, quantifiable threat to child survival in developing nations.
Targeted interventions, such as dam infrastructure in vulnerable regions, can buffer negative impacts, especially for impoverished communities.
Climate change adaptation strategies must consider the long-term and widespread consequences of rainfall variability on child health.