★2011年1月29日・30日 
Construction of Longitudinal Network with Middle Eastern Countries: 
Toward the Mutual Understanding and Development of Joint Researches 3 
Place: Mercury Tower 3506, Hitotsubashi University 
Theme: Social Development, Micro Enterprise, Islamic Finance, Social Survey 
Opening Speech: Hiroshi Kato (Professor, Hitotsubashi University) 
Session I: Social Development 
Presentation 
        1.Heba El-Laithy (Professor, Cairo University) 
          "Poverty, Growth and Distribution in Some Arab Countries" 
        2.Erina Iwasaki (Lecturer, Kyoritsu Women's University) 
          "Income Distribution in Rural Egypt: Case Study of Three Villages" 
        3.Issa S. Almasarweh (Professor, University of Jordan) 
          "Changes in Marriage and Fertility in the Arab Countries with Special
        Reference to Jordan" 
Comment 
         Nobuhiko Fuwa (Associate Professor, Waseda University) 
         Hiroshi Kojima (Professor, Waseda University) 
         Takashi Kurosaki (Professor, Hitotsubashi University) 
         Hiroshi Sato (Professor, Hitotsubashi University) 
Session II: Micro Enterprise 
Presentation 
        1.Hanaa Kheir-El-Din (Professor Emeritus, Cairo University) 
          "Employment and Micro & Small Enterprises in Egypt: Challenges
        and Prospects" 
        2.Kenichi Kashiwagi (Researcher, Tsukuba University) 
          "Technical Efficiency of Production of Textile Industry in Egypt" 
Comment 
         Konosuke Odaka (Professor Emeritus, Hitotsubashi University) 
         Hidenobu Okuda (Professor, Hitotsubashi University) 
         Hiroshi Sato (Professor, Hitotsubashi University) 
         Tatsufumi Yamagata (Researcher, Institute of Developing Economies) 
Session III: Islamic Finance 
Presentation 
        1.Abdullah Turkistani (Director, Islamic Research Institute Center, King
        Abdulaziz University)  
          "Customer's choice & Satisfaction in Saudi Islamic Banks" 
        2.Aye Mengistu (Lecturer, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University) 
          "Determinants of Consumers' Preferences of Islamic Banking Services
        ~Evidence from 
          Selected Middle Eastern Countries"                                                                   
Comment 
         Nabil Maghrebi (Professor, Wakayama University) 
         Koji Muto (Professor, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University) 
Session IV: Social Survey 
Presentation 
        1.Ryozo Yoshino (Professor, Institute of Statistical Mathematics) 
          "On Cross-national Comparability of National Character Based on
        Opinion Survey" 
        2.Abdelhamid Abdelatif (Director, Egyptian Research and Training Center,
        Cairo) 
          "Shaping the Political Orientations of the Egyptian Public: Findings
        from a Recent Survey 
          in 2008" 
Comment 
         Issa S. Almasarweh (Professor, University of Jordan)  
         Takeji Ino (Professor, Wayo Women's University) 
         Masamichi Sasaki (Professor, Chuo University) 
Sponsored by: 
        Need-Based Program for Area Studies "Middle East within Asia" 
Co-sponsored by: 
        Hitotsubashi University Global COE Program "Research Unit for Statistical
        Analysis and Empirical in Social Sciences" 
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