Briefing: Key Features of Federalism

This is a presentation on federalism. It provides an overview of how federalism exists in the world today, along with a description of characteristics common to federal states, some features of the central institutions, some lessons learned with regard to sub-national units, including how they are to be defined, how to allocate powers between the levels of government, including how to allocate fiscal powers and powers related to national resources, how to manage intergovernmental relations generally, and finally how countries can transition to federalism.