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Part I. Design of Fiscal Constitutions: 1. Introduction to federalismand the role of governments in federal economies; 2. The decentralization ofgovernment authority; 3. Expenditure assignment; 4. Revenue assignment; 5.Natural resources ownership and management in a federal system; 6. Localgovernance in theory; 7. Local governance in practice; Part II. RevenueSharing and Fiscal Transfers: 8. Revenue sharing; 9. The principles ofintergovernmental transfers; 10. The practice of intergovernmental fiscaltransfers; Part III. Finance and Provision of Public Services: 11. Financeand provision of health and education; 12. Finance and provision ofinfrastructure; 13. Poverty alleviation in federations; Part IV. Challengesand Responses: 14. Fiscal federalism and macroeconomic governance; 15.Inter-regional competition and policies for regional cohesion andconvergence; 16. Decentralized governance and corruption; 17. Adapting to achanging world.