Learning Curves: Project Implementation Units

Abstract

In the context of Donor Funded projects in developing countries, the term project implementation unit generally refers to any kind of project office that has made special staffing and ʺringfencingʺ arrangements to implement projects more effectively. Many in the development community think that project implementation units have high direct and indirect costs, tend to develop into parallel organizations, and dilute central government policy through their allegiance to donor agendas.