Benefits package

The IDB's remuneration policy is designed to attract highly qualified professionals. We seek to be competitive with the private sector as well as with similar institutions.

An extensive benefits package complements its salaries.

Benefits and Services on Appointment

• Air travel for staff member and family, and shipment (and insurance) of personal effects and car.
• Assistance with visas.
• Allowances to meet incorporation expenses.
• Assistance with finding schools in Washington, DC.
• Advice for spouse on how to find a job or otherwise adapt successfully to life in Washington, DC.
• Travel, shipment and repatriation allowance are also available when a staff member leaves the IDB to return home.

Expatriate Benefits for G4 Staff

• Paid travel to the home country for the staff member and family on a bi-annual basis.
• Financial assistance with the education of dependent children

Pension and Insurance

• Staff Retirement Plan (provides pension at retirement or withdrawal payment for staff who resign).
• Medical insurance coverage for staff members and family.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Travel (and baggage) insurance while traveling at the IDB's expense

Flexible Work Arrangements

• Part-time employment

Leave Policies

• Annual and sick leave comparable with international practices
• Maternity, adoption and emergency leave in the event of the death of a family member
• Compensatory leave following missions

Additional Expatriate Compensation Package for International Staff assigned to the Country Offices:

• To ensure that the level of real income is similar throughout the different Country Offices, the Bank implemented a Post Adjustment Program, which provides for a financial subsidy where the costs of good and services and housing in the city of assignment are higher than those in Washington, D.C. for a similar level of base pay.
• For countries with hardship conditions, a benefits scheme includes financial incentives (from 5%-25% of their base salary), rest and recuperation travel outside the country (or city), and power generators.