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HIV/AIDS policies have become a significant and controversial issue in Mozambique in recent years. The extent of the disease, along with a massive involvement of the donor community and a committed response by Mozambican authorities, are the main drivers of these policies. In the framework of the new aid architecture, donors are expected to encourage recipient country ‘ownership’ of development policies through new aid instruments like budget support or sector-wide approaches. However, HIV/AIDS policies in Mozambique are highly influenced by donors, because an exceptionally high proportion of the financial resources and policy formation comes from them. In this article we assess the extent of HIV/AIDS and its effects in Mozambique, and analyse the successes and shortcomings of the policies to fight the disease, emphasising the role of donors. We end by exploring possible ways to increase ownership and effectiveness.

En marzo de 2018, la Unión Africana dio luz verde al establecimiento de la mayor área de integración económica del mundo en número de países, el Área de Libre Comercio Continental Africana (AfCFTA). A junio de 2020, 54 de sus 55 miembros ya han firmado el acuerdo, por lo que el consensoen su implementación es prácticamente unánime.El AfCFTA llega en un momento en el que las estrategias de industrialización y transformación económica en África parecen haber tomado el relevo a los enfoques ortodoxos del ajuste y posajusteestructural. Entre los objetivos del proyecto figura incrementar el escaso comercio intraafricano, el impulso de la transformación económica, además de la creación de las cadenas regionales de valory la incorporación de firmas africanas a las cadenas globales de valor.En este artículo, analizamos el potencial de la AfCFTA como instrumento al servicio de estas estrategias de transformación económica, así como en sus dificultades de implementación.

Trade agreements between central and peripheral countries or regional groups with very different commercial and productive specializations have been in place for several decades now, since they were first promoted in the 1990s, initially by the US government and later by the European Union (EU). This resulted in the promotion of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) in the first case, and Association Agreements (AAs) in the second, turning different individual economies or Latin American regional groups into preferential partners in these agreements, in the latter based on a model with certain specific differentiating features.This chapter analyses the main characteristics and consequences of the Trade Agreement signed in 2012 between the EU and Colombia, as well as its future prospects in the current context. We inquire to what extent the agreement is consistent with the rest of the EU's cooperation policies, where in recent years support for peacebuilding has gained great weight from a comprehensive perspective in order to end the root factors that generate conflict and promote lasting peace and development in Colombia.