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/kielinstituteafricainitiative/>,
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/>.

DBI, RMySQL, data.table, collapse (>= 1.8.0)

Run an R function in the background, possibly after a delay.
The current version uses the Tcl event loop and was ported from the
'tcltk2' package.

Accelerated Failure Time Model with Generalized Estimating
Equations
Sy Han (Steven) Chiou, Sangwook Kang, Jun Yan
Sy Han (Steven) Chiou <steven.chiou@huskymail.uconn.edu>
This package features both rank-based estimates and least
square estimates to the Accelerated Failure Time (AFT) model.
For rank-based estimation, it provides approaches that include
the computationally efficient Gehan's weight and the general's
weight such as the logrank weight. For the least square
estimation, the estimating equation is solved with Generalized
Estimating Equations (GEE). Moreover, in multivariate cases,
the dependence working correlation structure can be specified
in GEE's setting.

Sy Han (Steven) Chiou <steven.chiou@uconn.edu>
This package features both rank-based estimates and least
square estimates to the Accelerated Failure Time (AFT) model.
For rank-based estimation, it provides approaches that include
the computationally efficient Gehan's weight and the general's
weight such as the logrank weight.  For the least square
estimation, the estimating equation is solved with Generalized
Estimating Equations (GEE).  Moreover, in multivariate cases,
the dependence working correlation structure can be specified
in GEE's setting.