Communication and coordination: Experimental evidence from farmer groups in Senegal

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dc.creatorAflahagah, Fo Kodjo Dzinyefa
dc.creatorBernard, Tanguy
dc.creatorViceisza, Angelino
dc.date2015-07-17
dc.date2024-08-01T02:56:10Z
dc.date2024-08-01T02:56:10Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T14:57:42Z
dc.descriptionCoordination 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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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/151245
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/90581
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/9780896291751rr164
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/153939
dc.relationhttp://outcomestories.ifpri.info/2015/07/01/strengthening-rural-producer-organizations/
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceAflahagah, 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
dc.subjectdevelopment
dc.subjectfield experimentation
dc.subjectcoordination
dc.subjectcooperatives
dc.subjectstrategic uncertainty
dc.subjectcommunication
dc.titleCommunication and coordination: Experimental evidence from farmer groups in Senegal
dc.typeWorking Paper

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