Public Symposium
| Date | July 25, 2012 |
| Place | Iwasaki Koyata Memorial Hall, International House of Japan, Tokyo |
| Theme | Public Symposium and Book Launch on the Research Project on Ethnic Diversity and Economic Instability in Africa |
| Program | |
| Book Launch | Presenters: Hiroyuki Hino, Kobe University/JICA Research Institute John Lonsdale, University of Cambridge Gustav Ranis, Yale University Frances Stewart, University of Oxford Commentators: Raufu Mustapha, University of Oxford Thandika Mkandawire, London School of Economics Nahomi Ichino, Harvard University |
| Panel Discussion | "Recommendations on the Way Forward:Institutions and Policies to Achieve Growth with Equity in Africa" Panelists: Benno Ndulu, Bank of Tanzania Ernest Aryeetey, University of Ghana Daniel Posner, MIT Bruce Berman, Queen’s University Moderator: Motoki Takahashi, Kobe University |
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Wrap-up Workshop
| Date | July 23-24, 2012 |
| Place | Seminar Room 403/404, International House of Japan, Tokyo |
| Theme | Growth with Equity: How Can Africa Flourish with Ethnic Diversity? |
| Speaker and Topic | |
| Bruce Berman and Motoki Takahashi | Ethnicity in Africa: Overview of Issues and Prospects |
| Raufu Mustapha Nahomi Ichino |
Designing Democratic Rules to Foster Nationhood |
| Ken-Ichi Shimomura | Video Presentation: Market Experiment on Ethnicity |
| Gustav Ranis Daniel Posner |
Promoting Devolved Government for Equitable Sharing of Public Resources |
| Germano Mwabu Arnim Langer |
Bonding Ethnic Communities and Building National Cohesion |
| Kojo Amanor Ciraj Rassool |
Addressing Cleavages over Land |
| Thandika Mkandawire Frances Stewart |
Ameliorating Trade-off between Growth and Equity |
| Benno Ndulu Ernest Aryeetey |
African Strategies for Growth with Equity |
| Program(PDF) |
The Fourth Conference
| Date | July 15-16, 2011 |
| Place | Mansfield College/Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford |
| Theme | Institutions and Policies for Harmonious Development in Africa |
| Speaker and Topic | |
| Daniel Posner | Education for All?: The Political Economy of Primary Education in Kenya |
| Arnim Langer and Frances Stewart | Policies and Policy-making towards Horizontal Inequalities and Diversity in Multiethnic Societies |
| Motoki Takahashi | Scarcity and Governance: Overcoming Ethnic Confrontation over Resources in Africa |
| Benno Ndulu and James Adams | Tanzania |
| Augustin Fosu | Fostering Economic Stability and Social Harmony: The Ghana Case |
| Raufu Mustapha | Better Elections, More Deaths: Democracy and Inequalities in Nigeria |
| Juro Teranishi | Collectivist and Individualist Behavior in a Comparative Historical Perspective: Community-specific Human Capital View |
| Gustav Ranis | Diversity, Instability, and the Role of Foreign Capital |
| Yash Pal Ghai | State, Ethnicity and Economy in Africa |
| Program(PDF) | JICA-RI Webpage |
The Third Conference
| Date | November 5-6, 2010 |
| Place | Lake Naivasha Simba Lodge, Naivasha, Kenya |
| Theme | Ethnic Diversity and Economic Instability in Kenya: Case Study |
| Speaker and Topic | |
| John Lonsdale | Ethnic Antagonism in Kenya: Historical Perspectives |
| Edward Oyugi | Tribe, Class and Economy: Kenya’s Ugly Battles to Capture and Control the State |
| Kimuli Kasara | Local Segregation and Inter-Ethnic Violence in Kenya |
| Yash Pal Ghai | Ethnicity and Nationhood: 2010 Kenya Constitution |
| Nobuaki Hamaguchi | Economic Effects of Clustering of Ethnically Similar Communities in Kenya: Application of Spatial Correlation Model |
| Michiharu Masui | Market Experiments with Ethnic Diversity in Kenya |
| Michael Kremer | Education and Its Discontents: The Impact of Human Capital on Political Attitudes |
| Program(PDF) | JICA-RI Webpage |
The Second Conference
| Date | January 16-17, 2010 |
| Place | MacMillan Center, Yale University |
| Theme | Causes of Economic Instability in Africa |
| Speaker and Topic | |
| Frances Stewart | Horizontal Inequalities and Market Instability in Africa |
| Siddharth Chandra | Identity, Diversity, and Economic Performance in Africa: Quantitative Analyses |
| Jonathan Robinson | The (Hidden) Costs of Political Instability: Evidence from Kenya’s 2007 Election Crisis |
| Oduor Ong’wen | Ethnicity in Relation to Conflict over Control and Access to Natural Resources in Africa: The Case of Kenya |
| Motoki Takahashi | Inter-linkage between Ethnicity and Development: An Analytical Framework |
| Junichi Goto | Regional Integration in East Africa: Diversity or Economic Conformity |
| Program(PDF) | JICA-RI Webpage |
International Symposium
| Date | July 13, 2009 |
| Place | Presentation Hall, Frontier Hall for Social Sciences, 3rd Floor, Kobe University |
| Theme | Diversified World and Global Economic Crisis: Challenges to Developing Countries and Roles of the International Community |
| Program | |
| Keynote Speeches | "Diversified Impacts and Prospects of the Global Economic Crisis" Linda Van Gelder, World Bank "Economic Crisis and Developing Countries: Issues and Challenges in Africa" Hiroyuki Hino, Kobe University/JICA Research Institute |
| Panel Discussion | Panelists: Gustav Ranis, Yale University Frances Stewart, University of Oxford Keiichi Tsunekawa, JICA Research Institute Moderator: Motoki Takahashi, Kobe University |
| Program(PDF) | Kobe University Webpage |
The First Conference
| Date | July 13-14, 2009 |
| Place | Conference Room, GSICS Building, 1st Floor, Kobe University |
| Theme | Market Economy with Ethnically Diverse Communities: Theory and History |
| Speaker and Topic | |
| Gustav Ranis | Diversity of Communities and Economic Development: An Overview |
| Anjan Mukherji | Stability of A Market Economy With Diverse Economic Agents |
| Satish Jain | Market, Democracy, and Diversity of Individual Preferences and Values |
| John Lonsdale | Construction of Ethnic Patriotisms in Africa: The Role of Integration with Market Economy |
| Parker Shipton | Ethnicity, Economy, and Mobility: A Preliminary Reflection on Confinement and Violence South of the Sahara |
| Graham Brown | Conceptualizing and Measuring Ethnicity |
| Bruce Berman | Ethnicity and Democracy in Africa |
| Program(PDF) | JICA-RI Webpage |