Published on December 18, 2019 Link: https://devpolicy.org/beliefs-and-bureaucracy-building-state-effectiveness-in-fragile-contexts-20191 218/ Date downloaded: December 11, 2021 Page 1 of 6 Kabul, Afghanistan (Credit: stepnout/Flickr CC BY 2.0) Beliefs and bureaucracy: Building state effectiveness in fragile contexts By Nematullah Bizhan The process of building state effectiveness and legitimacy is lengthy and becomes far more complex in transitional societies and contexts of fragility. A lack of