Inter-American Development Bank reviews

IDB organizational economics is based on consultants doing all the work so that the staff can do very little. The Bank is not a meritocracy: promotion is based on personal connections or even nationality. The more you work, the less likely you are to be promoted. IDB is primarily a political organization so nice to stay if you make a good bureaucrat, but pretty frustrating if you are dedicated to technical excellence and hard work.

This is not the place to work in a support department (Legal, HR, IT, etc.). Many of these functions have been outsourced, their budgets reduced and thus their headcount reduced. This of course is natural since the Bank's business is not to do HR or IT. If you do join the Bank to work in one of these functions, you will find that it is completely outdated compared to other organizations. It is a very bureaucratic organization. Changes are slow and there's always a lot of resistance. Once you become permanent staff, most people will very likely aim at retiring from the Bank because of its attractive pension (which is no longer the same for new employees since a few months ago). However, because of this you will find many who are outdated and don't put a big effort into their work. If you've worked for a public government in Latin America, it is basically the same but all nationalities in one single place. If you don't speak spanish, you will probably have a hard time even in HQ.