Majority of world bank funded projects face various challenges in the course of implementation even though, huge amounts of money funded projects aimed at facilitating development and alleviation of poverty, there is lack of effectiveness in ensuring that the objectives of the funding are achieved. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigated the factors affecting effective implementation of world bank funded project in Amhara national region state, with reference to Sustainable land management project . The specific objectives of the study were: to assess how conditions imposed by donors influence implementation of world bank funded project, to investigate how procurement related factors influence implementation of world bank funded project, to determine influence of project management on implementation of world bank funded project and to examine the influence of training on implementation of world bank funded project. The target population of this study were the staffs who work at implementing agencies of the World Bank funded sustainable land management project in Amhara national region state. The targeted population comprised 78 employees working in Amhara national region state Bureau of Agriculture, Environmental protection and land use authority, and 24 woredas of sustainable land management project. The researcher decided to use a census since the population of 78 was small and the study aimed to reach all the employees working in Amhara national region state sustainable land management project were the unit of analysis. The study used descriptive research design for close ended questions as a method of collecting primary data while frequency tables and percentages were used for quantitative data analysis. Data pertaining to the profile of respondents was analyzed through descriptive statistics, more particular, the mean and standard deviation and inferential statics such as correlation and regression were used. The results obtained was presented and discussed as per the objectives and research questions of the study. The study concludes that effective project implementation was influenced by managerial factors, procurement related factors, donor conditions and training.