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Inter-American Development Bank

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A great workplace for development work in Latin America and the Caribbean - Consultant Inter-American Development Bank Employee Review

4.0
8 Mar 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Would differ by division and unit, but generally very friendly and people are passionate about their work.

Cons

Spanish continues to be the main operational and conversational language of the Bank. If you do not speak any Spanish, it may be difficult to get used to the workplace at first.

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5.0
28 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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 Outdated development agency.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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