TY - GEN ED - ED - Regional Constituent Assembly of the Windward Islands ED - TI - Distribution of powers and functions in federal-type countries KW - POLITICAL POWER KW - CONSTITUTIONS KW - REGIONAL INTEGRATION KW - CARIBBEAN KW - POLITICAL INTEGRATION N2 - Outlines considerations germane to deliberations over the distribution of powers and functions being undertaken by the constituent assembly. These include the scope of power or responsibility, legislative and executive powers from state to centre, the sharing of revenue as well as joint approaches to specific responsibilities. Listings for the distribution of powers and functions in Canada, Australia, India, Nigeria and Switzerland are given ER -