This case illustrates a growing problem: an important and justified focus on

corruption as a barrier to development has led to policy change in aid agencies

that is damaging the potential for aid to deliver results. Donors have treated
corruption as an issue they can measure and improve, and from which they can
insulate their projects at acceptable costs by controlling processes and
monitoring receipts. Results Not Receiptshighlights the weak link between
donors preferred measures of corruption and development outcomes related to
our limited ability to measure the problem. It discusses the costs of the standard
anti-corruption tools of fiduciary controls and centralized delivery, and it
suggests a different approach to tackling the problem of corruption in
development: focus on outcomes.