This is a study of finite state discrete time discounted Markovian decision process when the states are probabilistically observed. A model of this process is formulated, and an implicit enumeration algorithm is presented which optimizes the total expected discounted reward given the initial...

Time-use surveys show how individuals spend their time during the day or week, which provides evidence of the gendered division of labor within households and the interdependence of women's and men's paid and unpaid work. Time-use experts in the South face similar challenges to those working in...

This book presents research findings from across the global South that substantively improves our understanding of time-use, poverty and gender equalities, to shed light on why unpaid work is indispensable to economic analysis and effective policy making.