Ethnic Diversity and Economic Instability in Africa:
Institutions and Policies for Harmonious Development in Africa
DateVenue: Friday & Saturday, July 15-16, 2011
: University of Oxford

PROGRAM
Day1: Friday, July 15

Opening Session
9:00－9:10
WelcomeProf. Valpy Fitzgerald, Director of the Oxford Department of International Development
Dr. Keiichi Tsunekawa, JICA Research Institute
9:10－9:15

Opening Remarks
Prof. Frances Stewart, University of Oxford

PART I: Provisions of Public Goods and Distributive Conflicts
Session 1
9:15－10:20“Education for All?: The Political Economy of Primary Education in Kenya”
Chair:

Prof. Ken-Ichi Shimomura, Kobe University

Speaker:Prof. Daniel Posner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (25 minutes)

Comment:

Prof. Mamadou Diouf, Columbia University (7 minutes)

Prof. Anjan Mukherji, International Growth Centre (7 minutes)
Discussion (25 minutes)

Session 2
10:20－11:25“Policies and Policy-making towards Horizontal Inequalities and Diversity in
Multiethnic Societies”
Chair:

Prof. Anjan Mukherji, International Growth Centre

Speaker:Dr. Arnim Langer, University of Leuven (25 minutes)
Prof. Frances Stewart, University of Oxford

Comment:

Dr. Ukoha Ukiwo, University of Port Harcourt (7 minutes)

Prof. Hiroyuki Hino, Kobe University/JICA Research Institute (7 minutes)
Discussion (25 minutes)

11:25－11:40

Coffee Break-1-Session 3
11:40－12:45“Scarcity and Governance: Overcoming Ethnic Confrontation over Resources inAfrica”
Chair:

Prof. Frances Stewart, University of Oxford

Speaker:Prof. Motoki Takahashi, Kobe University (25 minutes)

Comment:

Prof. Thandika Mkandawire, former Director, UNRISD; now,London School of Economics (7 minutes)

Prof. Siddharth Chandra, Michigan State University (7 minutes)
Discussion (25 minutes)

12:45－13:45

Lunch

PART II: Learning from History and Present
Session 4
13:45－15:10“Fostering Economic Stability and Ethnic Harmony: Policy Implications fromTanzania, Ghana and Nigeria”
Chair:

Prof. Frances Stewart, University of Oxford(1) Tanzania
Speaker:Dr. Benno Ndulu, Bank of Tanzania (20 minutes)
Mr. James Adams, World Bank

Comment:

Prof. Edward Oyugi, Kenyatta University (7 minutes)(2) “Fostering Economic Stability and Social Harmony: The Ghana Case”
Speaker:Prof. Augustin Fosu, UNU-WIDER (20 minutes)

Comment:

Prof. Bruce Berman, Queen’s University (7 minutes)(3) “Better Elections, More Deaths: Democracy and Inequalities in Nigeria”
Speaker:Dr. Raufu Mustapha, Univeristy of Oxford (20 minutes)

Comment:

Dr. Mark Henstridge, London School of Economics (7 minutes)

15:10－15:25

Coffee BreakSession 5
15:25－16:10“Fostering Economic Stability and Ethnic Harmony: Policy Implications from
Tanzania, Ghana and Nigeria” --Continued
Lead discussant: Prof. Carola Lentz, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz (15 minutes)
Discussion (30 minutes)-2-Session 6
16:10－17:15“Collectivist and Individualist Behavior in a Comparative Historical Perspective:
Community-specific Human Capital View”
Chair:

Prof. John Lonsdale, University of Cambridge

Speaker:Prof. Juro Teranishi, Nihon University (25 minutes)

Comment:

Prof. Ernest Aryeetey, University of Ghana, Legon (7 minutes)

Prof. Parker Shipton, Boston University (7 minutes)
Discussion (25 minutes)

18:30－20:30

DinnerDinner Speech
Speaker:Prof. Ernest Aryeetey, University of Ghana, Legon-3-

Day2: Saturday, July 16

PART III: African State for Growth with Stability
Session 7
9:00－10:15“Diversity, Instability, and the Role of Foreign Capital”
Chair:

Dr. Keiichi Tsunekawa, JICA Research Institute

Speaker:Prof. Gustav Ranis, Yale University (25 minutes)

Comment:

Prof. Paul Tiyambe Zeleza, Loyola Marymount University (10 minutes)

Mr. James Adams, World Bank (10 minutes)
Discussion (30 minutes)

Session 8
10:15－11:30“State, Ethnicity and Economy in Africa”
Chair:

Prof. Parker Shipton, Boston University

Speaker:Prof. Yash Pal Ghai, Hong Kong University (25 minutes)

Comment:

Prof. Edward Oyugi, Kenyatta University (10 minutes)

Prof. John Lonsdale, University of Cambridge (10 minutes)
Discussion (30 minutes)

11:30－11:45

Coffee BreakSession 9
11:45－13:00

Panel Discussion: Direction of Inter-Disciplinary Inquiries on Ethnicity and Economy
Moderator:

Prof. Gustav Ranis, Yale University

Speakers

Prof. Frances Stewart, University of Oxford (7 minutes)
Prof. John Lonsdale, University of Cambridge (7 minutes)
Prof. Ken-Ichi Shimomura, Kobe University (7 minutes)

Prof. Daniel Posner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (7 minutes)
Discussion (40 minutes)

13:00－13:15

Summing-Up
Prof. Hiroyuki Hino, Kobe University/JICA Research Institute13:15－14:30

Lunch-4-