Equalization Pool - Regional Balance

Regional Balance

Some governments use equalization pools to achieve social balance, so that richer regions with fewer needs for state aid pay taxes into an equalization pool from which poorer regions needing financial assistance to provide the same level of services as the richer regions can draw on.

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