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Inter-American Development Bank

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Overall a lot of wasted opportunities, particularly in the development effectiveness area - Anonymous employee Inter-American Development Bank Employee Review

3.0
Jul 25, 2011
Anonymous employee
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Pros

First-hand contact with Latin America and the Caribbean, a chance to make a meaningful difference in peoples lives when projects go well, diverse professional staff from many fields and countries, substantial extra-curricular activities including lectures, presentations, film-screenings, cocktail receptions, activity clubs, etc.

Cons

Work-culture is often too relaxed, people taking many breaks, not following through on assignments, and putting off until a later date tasks that could have been accomplished promptly. US Citizens are at a disadvantage at the contract/consultant level due to the two-tiered remuneration system the IDB uses.

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Pros

Excellent benefits, culture and opportunity to make a real impact.

Cons

There is bureaucracy across the organization. Vertical career progression can be slow.

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Pros

You get to work with elitist Spanish speaking Latin Americans who are xenophobic for people that speak other languages, who have processes, paper pushing and career progression as major objective, not real development outcomes (eradicate extreme poverty & improve quality of life in LAC).

Cons

Bureaucracy. Outdated development agency. Abusive to and misclassifying contractors. People who don’t know what they are doing or talking about. Delivers trash projects and pulls impoverished countries further into national debt. Technocratic and too much focus on metrics, not impoverished people’s lived experience.

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