[01] Kingsley Appiah, School of Management, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, PR China; Accountancy Department, Kumasi Technical University, Kumasi, Ghana. [02] Jianguo Du, School of Management, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, PR China. [03] Rhoda Appiah, Administration, Community Special Vocational School, Deduako-Kumasi, Ghana.

Negative health effects of environmental pollution on infants, have become an issue of serious concern for health experts and researchers. Recent studies have proposed that ecological pollution, particularly carbon dioxide emissions, is associated with infant mortality and the development of asthma and other respiratory diseases. Empirical findings from other research works supports our hypothesis, that, economic activity indicators have a significant impact on environmental pollution and eventually on infant mortality. Using data from World Development Indicators to find the link between ecological pollutants and infant mortalities in Ghana for the period 1971 to 2012. Hypotheses were pragmatically tested and validated using structural equation modeling (SEM). The study findings provided standardized estimates of the various economic activity indicators to emissions as well as the indirect effect to infant mortality in Ghana. Factor loading of the path analysis clear shows that a change in emission will cause a decline of infant deaths.

Economic Activity Indicators, Infant Mortality, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Economic Growth, Environmental Pollution

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