The Impact of Food Price Inflation on Child Health (Infant Mortality Rate) in Bangladesh: An ARDL Aproach

This study aims to identify child mortality in Bangladesh as a result of rising food prices from the data of 2000 – 2021.Secondary data collected from WDI is used in this study. To determine the desired results, numerous econometric time series analysis techniques have been applied, such as the Augmented Dickey-Fuller and Autoregressive Distributive Lag bounds tests. Both series are not integrated at level two, according to the Augmented Dickey-Fuller test, and the cointegration and short- and long-term relationships between the variables were demonstrated using the Autoregressive Distributive Lag Bounds testing method. These findings show that Food price inflation, fertility rate has opposingeffect on infant mortality in the long run. A 1% upsurge in food price inflation increases the infant mortality by about 0.0009442%. and a 1% increase in fertility rate increases the infant mortality by about .0033952%.The conclusions are all logically consistent, and conclusions are used to make policy recommendations. There should be increased effort by government of Bangladesh to reduce the negative correlation between rising food prices and infant mortality.