africamonitor-package

africamonitor

An R API providing access to a relational database with macroeconomic data for Africa. The
database is maintained at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy.

An R API providing access to a relational database with macroeconomic data for Africa.
The database contains >700 macroeconomic time series from mostly international sources,
grouped into 50 macroeconomic and development-related topics. Series are carefully selected
on the basis of data coverage for Africa, frequency, and relevance to the macro-development context.
The project is part of the 'Kiel Institute Africa Initiative'
<https://www.ifw-kiel.de/institute/initiatives/kiel-institute-africa-initiative/>,
which, amongst other things, aims to develop a parsimonious database with highly relevant indicators
to monitor macroeconomic developments in Africa, accessible through a fast API and a web-based platform
at <https://africamonitor.ifw-kiel.de/>.
The database is maintained at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy <https://www.ifw-kiel.de/>.

Sebastian Krantz

Africa Macroeconomic Monitor Database API

africamonitor-package function

Functions and data providing information about the available data
<code>am_sources()</code> 
<code>am_series()</code> 
<code>am_countries</code> 
<code>am_countries_wld</code> 
<code>am_entities</code>
Function to retrieve the data from the database
<code>am_data()</code>
Functions to reshape data and add temporal identifiers
<code>am_pivot_wider()</code> 
<code>am_pivot_longer()</code> 
<code>am_expand_date()</code>




Helper functions to convert inputs to R dates
<code>am_as_date()</code> 

Global Macros with core ID variables in the database
<code>.AMID</code> 
<code>.AMT</code>

Functions

Africa Macroeconomic Monitor Database API — africamonitor-package

Functions and data providing information about the available data
<code>am_sources()</code> 
<code>am_series()</code> 
<code>am_countries</code> 
<code>am_countries_wld</code> 
<code>am_entities</code>
Function to retrieve the data from the database
<code>am_data()</code>
Functions to reshape data and add temporal identifiers
<code>am_pivot_wider()</code> 
<code>am_pivot_longer()</code> 
<code>am_expand_date()</code>




Helper functions to convert inputs to R dates
<code>am_as_date()</code> 

Global Macros with core ID variables in the database
<code>.AMID</code> 
<code>.AMT</code>

africamonitor-package: Africa Macroeconomic Monitor Database API

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