No. | Source | Focused on Question | Literature Search | Corruption Middle Class/Ethics Argument | Conclusion | Total Score | Summary of Position |
1 | Agbodeka, F. (1992) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | Corruption in SSA has had negative effect on economy |
2 | Agbodohu & Quarmye (2004) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | Ditto |
3 | Ewusi, K. (1987) | 1/2 | 1/2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Corruption affects economic malaise |
4 | Fosu, L. Y. (1989) | 1/2 | 1 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 2 1/2 | Ditto |
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Visagie, J. (2011) | 1/2 | 1 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 2 1/2 | Marginal growth in size and income levels of the middle class results in marginal economic development. |
6 | Kharas, H., & Gertz, G. (2010). The new global middle class: a cross-over from West to East. Wolfensohn Center for Development at Brookings, 1-14. | 1/2 | 1/2 | 1 | 1/2 | 2 1/2 | Growth in the middle class translates into increased expenditure, incomes, and economic advancement. |
7 | Visagie, J., & Posel, D. (2013). A reconsideration of what and who is middle class in South Africa. Development Southern Africa, 30(2), 149-167. http://doi.org/10.1080/0376835X.2013.797224 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1/2 | 3 1/2 | The middle class serves as a proxy measure for changes in income inequality and economic development. |
8 | Visagie, J., & others (2013). Race, gender and growth of the affluent middle class in post-apartheid south Africa. In at Biennial Conference of the Economic Society of South Africa, University of the Free state, Bloemfontein. Retrieved from http://www.econrsa.org/system/files/publications/working_papers/working_paper_395.pdf | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1/2 | 3 1/2 | Overall growth of the middle class results in an improvement in economic fortunes of the populace. |
9 | Easterly, W. (2001). The middle class consensus and economic development. Journal of Economic Growth, 6(4), 317-335. | 1 | 1/2 | 1 | 1 | 3 1/2 | A higher share of income for a middle class that is less ethnically divided translates into growth and development. |
10 | Cochran, J.K., Chamlin, M.B., Beeghley, L., & Fenwick, M. (2004). Religion, religiosity, and nonmarital sexual conduct: an application of reference group theory. Sociological Inquiry, 74(1), 70-101. | 1/2 | 1 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 2 1/2 | Exposure to religious teaching and ethics reduces desire to engage undesirable conduct such as corruption. |
11 | Banerjee, A. V., & Duflo, E. (2008). What is middle class about the middle classes around the world? Journal of Economic Perspectives, 22(2), 3-28. http://doi.org/10.1257/jep.22.2.3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | Countries that have a larger middle class grow faster. |
12 | Aryeetey, E., & Kanbur, S. M. R. (2007). The economy of Ghana: analytical perspectives on stability, growth & poverty. Oxford: James Currey. | 1/2 | 1 | 1/2 | 1 | 3 | Corruption by civil servants, customs officials and policemen enormously increases the transaction cost for all economic endeavors in Ghana. |