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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0252-8584</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Economía y Desarrollo]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Econ. y Desarrollo]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0252-8584</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Dirección de Publicaciones Académicas de la Universidad de La Habana (Editorial UH) ]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-id>S0252-85842024000100006</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Área Continental Africana de Libre Comercio: ¿una opción para la integración regional?]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[African Continental Free Trade Area: an Option for Regional Integration?]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Neves da Rocha]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[António José]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Ministerio de Defensa  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>República de Angola</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2024</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2024</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>168</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0252-85842024000100006&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0252-85842024000100006&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0252-85842024000100006&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN A partir del surgimiento del Área de Libre Comercio Continental Africana (AfCFTA) en marzo del 2018 -que promete erigirse en la mayor área de integración económica del mundo con 54 países miembros- se ha generado un optimismo exagerado, sobre todo por parte de diferentes organismos internacionales otrora críticos como el Banco Mundial, que ahora ponderan sobremanera las bondades del proceso de integración regional. A la comprensión de la complejidad en la implementación de esa área contribuye el presente artículo, el cual se adentra en el análisis de los antecedentes, potencialidades, alcance y desafíos del AfCFTA. Se argumenta que este nuevo intento de integración regional no es muy diferente ni distante del ideario neoliberal y parece inscribirse dentro del regionalismo abierto que tiende a favorecer una integración hacia afuera, por lo que no tributa a la solución de los enormes problemas de subdesarrollo, pobreza e injusticia social del continente.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT Since the emergence of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in March 2018, which promises to become the largest economic integration area in the world with 54 member countries, exaggerated optimism has been generated, especially by different international organizations formerly critics like the World Bank, who now highly praise the benefits of the regional integration process. This article contributes to the understanding of the complexity in the implementation of this area, which delves into the analysis of the background, potential, scope and challenges of the AfCFTA. It is argued that this new attempt at regional integration is not very different or distant from neoliberal ideology and seems to be part of open regionalism that tends to favor outward integration, which is why it does not contribute to the solution of the enormous problems of underdevelopment, poverty and social injustice on the continent.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[AfCFTA]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[África]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[desafíos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[integración regional]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[potencialidades]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[regionalismo abierto]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[AfCFTA]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Africa]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[challenges]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[regional integration]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[potentialities]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[open regionalism]]></kwd>
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