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2.0
28 Jan 2018
Anonymous employee
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Pros

-Competitive salary compared to other MDBs -Good work life balance -Great social life due to large young population -Great location in the middle of DC

Cons

-Little room for growth -Performance is measured by loyalty not merit -Significant number of staff are under-qualified and obsolete. Younger staff are overqualified for the work they are doing. Master and Phd level are hired for undergraduate roles. Both younger staff and consultants end up doing all the work. -Limited learning opportunities as well as rotation opportunities within the organization. -Rampant nepotism -Culture based on fear, bureaucracy and mediocrity -Management, in general, lack the skills to be managers -Suboptimal use of human resources. -Prevalent gender differenciation -Staff outsource most of their work to consultants and then take the credit for it.

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5.0
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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.

2.0
3 June 2026
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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 Outdated development agency.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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