Theoretical developments for low energy experiments with radioactive beams

In this talk I discuss two types of experiments with exotic nuclei which could be performed at the forthcoming Italian INFN facilities with radioactive beams. First I will discuss nuclear and Coulomb breakup experiments which involve heavy exotic beams and intermediate incident energies, thus being suited for the LNL-SPES proposed facility. Then I will discuss transfer to the continuum reactions aiming at performing spectroscopy in the continuum of light unbound nuclei like $^{10}$Li. Such reactions are best matched if the incident beam energy is very low, as it will be at the LNS-EXCYT facility.