Ethnic Diversity and Economic Instability in Africa:
Policies for Harmonious Development
Ethnic Diversity and Economic Instability in Kenya: Case Study
Date:Venue:

Friday & Saturday, November 5-6, 2010
Naivasha, Kenya

PROGRAM

Friday, November 5
08:30－09:30

Breakfast Meeting with Prime Minister Odinga (Venue: Norfolk Hotel)
For participants from abroad only
Remarks: Dr. Keiichi Tsunekawa, Director of JICA Research Institute09:30 – 11: 00

Public Forum: “Transforming Negative Ethnicity in Kenya”(Venue: University of Nairobi)
Panelists: Prime Minister, four conference participantsSpecial Guests: Other conference participants
Q&A: Audience

11:00 – 13:00

Transfer from Nairobi to Naivasha

13:00 – 14:00

Check in and Lunch

Session 1
14:00－15:10“Ethnic Antagonism in Kenya: Historical Perspectives”
Chair:
Speaker:
Comment:

Mr. James Adams, World Bank
Prof. John Lonsdale, University of Cambridge (25 minutes)
Prof. Motoki Takahashi, Kobe University (10 minutes)
Dr. Benjamin Kipkorir (10 minutes)
Discussion (25 minutes)

Session 2
15:10－16:20“Tribe, Class and Economy: Kenya’s Ugly Battles to Capture and Control the State”
Chair:
Speaker:
Comment:

Prof. Satish Jain, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Prof. Edward Oyugi, Kenyatta University (25 minutes)
Prof. Frances Stewart, University of Oxford (10 minutes)
Prof. Parker Shipton, Boston University (10 minutes)
Discussion (25 minutes)
16:20 – 16:30

Coffee break-1-Session 3
16:30－17:40“Local Segregation and Inter-Ethnic Violence in Kenya”
Chair:
Speaker:
Comment:

Prof. Juro Teranishi, Nihon University
Prof. Kimuli Kasara, Columbia University (25 minutes)
Prof. Siddharth Chandra, Michigan State University (10 minutes)
Prof. Njuguna Ng’ethe, University of Nairobi (10 minutes)
Discussion (25 minutes)
19:30－21:00

DinnerSaturday, November 6Session 4
08:30－09:35“Ethnicity and Nationhood: 2010 Kenya Constitution”
Chair:
Speaker:
Comment:

Prof. Gustav Ranis, Yale University
Prof. Yash Pal Ghai, University of Hong Kong (25 minutes)
Prof. Nahomi Ichino, Harvard University (10 minutes)
Mr. Oduor Ong’wen, Southern and Eastern African Trade
Information and Negotiation Institute, Kenya (10minutes)
Discussion (20 minutes)
Session 5
09:35－10:40“Economic Effects of Clustering of Ethnically Similar Communities in Kenya:
Application of Spatial Correlation Model”
Chair:
Speaker:
Comment:

Prof. Michael Kremer, Harvard University
Prof. Nobuaki Hamaguchi, Kobe University (25 minutes)
Prof. Daniel Posner, University of California, Los Angles (10 minutes)
Dr. Jane Kiringai, World Bank (10 minutes)
Discussion (20 minutes)
10:40－10:50

Coffee break

Session 6
10:50－11:55“Market Experiments with Ethnic Diversity in Kenya”
Chair:
Speaker:
Comment:

Prof. Hiroyuki Hino, Kobe University/JICA Research Institute
Mr. Michiharu Masui, Tokyo Institute of Technology (25 minutes)
Prof. Anjan Mukherji, International Growth Centre (10 minutes)
Prof. Wilfred Nyangena, University of Nairobi (10minutes)
Discussion (20 minutes)-2-Session 7
11:55－13:00“Education and Its Discontents: The Impact of Human Capital on Political Attitudes”
Chair:Speaker:
Comment:

Dr. Keiichi Tsunekawa, JICA Research InstituteProf. Michael Kremer, Harvard University (25 minutes)
Prof. Bruce Berman, Queen’s University (10 minutes)
Dr. Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, African Institute for Health andDevelopment (10 minutes)
Mr. Boaz Munga, Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research andAnalysis (10 minutes)
Discussion (15 minutes)

Session 8
13:00－13:15

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

Lunch

Afternoon

Excursion

19:30

DinnerDinner Speech “Development, Sustainability and Ethnic Conflicts in Lake Naivasha”
Speaker:Mr. Anderson Koyo, CEO of Naivasha Watershed Conservation andManagement Program

Sunday, November 7
11:00 or 16:00

Transfer to Nairobi, Departure-3-