At the same time the governments are beginning to recognize the usefulness of NGOs in doing work that they sometimes cannot. In many instances NGOs were the ones who taught society what democracy was when the government would not or could not. The fallacy is to believe that NGOs exist because the state is weak. The United States provides an example of a strong state with a very active and important non-governmental sector. While the question is one that remains to be resolved, there are many technocrats in the civil service, particularly in the economy ministries, who can be seen as professional civil servants.
Work needs to be done in some of the other ministries, and in the procurement of justice.
It will be very costly to recreate the civil service. There is, throughout the civil service, a cadre of civil servants who will not be removed, and Fox has stated he will respect the well-trained bureaucrats. Nevertheless, the six months between the election and the inauguration are key. It was also pointed out, using the example of the 1994 election, that even when the incoming and outgoing individuals are from the same party transitions do not always go smoothly.