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Unsatisfactory - Research Fellow Inter-American Development Bank Employee Review

2.0
Mar 20, 2012
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Pros

Within Latin America, there is no doubt the IADB carries a big brand & weight, as well as a strong name recognition. To this day, it's one of the highlights of my CV (just the name, not the work itself). If your line of work is development, aside the World Bank and few other places, it's a highly priced place to work.

Cons

Little incentive to grow; 99.9% of the times you are a 'consultant' which just means you are a full-time employee with no benefits. I have seen hundreds of well-qualified individuals who begin with a high degree of motivation but sure enough, after a year or two trying to become staff, they lose all kinds of motivation (IADB is great at that--not motivating people).

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5.0
May 28, 2026
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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
Jun 3, 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 Outdated development agency.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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