The third Volume of the Strategic Studies Council (SSC) publication entitled, Center and Localities: Dynamics of Intergovernmental Relations, is a compilation of fifteen (15) policy papers that discusses a wide range of issues concerning the vertical and horizontal relationship between and among the national and local governments such as the need for local financial and political autonomy. Special issues on the devolved health, agricultural, and environmental services are also discussed in this publication, including issues in the government accounting system, the concept of interlocal cooperation and policy options in environmental crisis management.