Subject(s): Budapest (Hungary) in Politics and government. -- Municipal finance in Hungary ,Budapest. -- Post-communism in Hungary, Budapest. -- Budapest model Strategic planning and management reforms -- Budget policy -- Financial management reforms -- Intergovernmental relations, local finance management -- Elements of the financial reforms -- Financial planning -- Capital investment planning -- Borrowing policy -- Extra-budgetary utilities -- Infrastructure polices -- User charge policy for public utilities -- Types of price regulations and subsidy systems -- Public utility allowances in Budapest -- District heating-a non privatized utility -- Transformation of the Budapest public transport company -- Hybrid markets -- Utility privatization -- Water and waste management -- Privatization -- Infrastructural development -- Heritage sites -- General context of the Hungarian local government system -- Municipal policies of state governments in an international settings -- Economic and urbanization conditions