Communication and coordination: Experimental evidence from farmer groups in Senegal
Coordination failures are at the heart of development traps. Although communication can reduce such failures, to date experimental evidence has primarily been lab based. This paper studies the impact of communication in stag hunt coordination games played by members of Senegalese farmer groups—a set...
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| author | Aflahagah, Fo Kodjo Dzinyefa Bernard, Tanguy Viceisza, Angelino |
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| description | Coordination failures are at the heart of development traps. Although communication can reduce such failures, to date experimental evidence has primarily been lab based. This paper studies the impact of communication in stag hunt coordination games played by members of Senegalese farmer groups—a setting where collective commercialization has suffered from coordination failure, as in many rural contexts. We find that communication increases coordination only in larger experimental groups, where it matters most from the standpoint of poverty traps. We also find that these effects are driven by communication’s impact on perceptions of strategic uncertainty. Some policy implications are discussed. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1512452025-11-06T05:10:08Z Communication and coordination: Experimental evidence from farmer groups in Senegal Aflahagah, Fo Kodjo Dzinyefa Bernard, Tanguy Viceisza, Angelino development field experimentation coordination cooperatives strategic uncertainty communication Coordination failures are at the heart of development traps. Although communication can reduce such failures, to date experimental evidence has primarily been lab based. This paper studies the impact of communication in stag hunt coordination games played by members of Senegalese farmer groups—a setting where collective commercialization has suffered from coordination failure, as in many rural contexts. We find that communication increases coordination only in larger experimental groups, where it matters most from the standpoint of poverty traps. We also find that these effects are driven by communication’s impact on perceptions of strategic uncertainty. Some policy implications are discussed. 2015-07-17 2024-08-01T02:56:10Z 2024-08-01T02:56:10Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151245 en https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896291751rr164 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153939 http://outcomestories.ifpri.info/2015/07/01/strengthening-rural-producer-organizations/ Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Aflahagah, Fo Kodjo Dzinyefa; Bernard, Tanguy; and Viceisza, Angelino. 2015. Communication and coordination: Experimental evidence from farmer groups in Senegal. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1450. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151245 |
| spellingShingle | development field experimentation coordination cooperatives strategic uncertainty communication Aflahagah, Fo Kodjo Dzinyefa Bernard, Tanguy Viceisza, Angelino Communication and coordination: Experimental evidence from farmer groups in Senegal |
| title | Communication and coordination: Experimental evidence from farmer groups in Senegal |
| title_full | Communication and coordination: Experimental evidence from farmer groups in Senegal |
| title_fullStr | Communication and coordination: Experimental evidence from farmer groups in Senegal |
| title_full_unstemmed | Communication and coordination: Experimental evidence from farmer groups in Senegal |
| title_short | Communication and coordination: Experimental evidence from farmer groups in Senegal |
| title_sort | communication and coordination experimental evidence from farmer groups in senegal |
| topic | development field experimentation coordination cooperatives strategic uncertainty communication |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151245 |
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