Taking up the reins as the seventh president of the Inter-American Development Bank in December 2022, Ilan Goldfajn inherited an institution in a deep funk, following the messy departure of his controversial American predecessor.
As the IDB — the largest development financial institution serving the Latin America and Caribbean region — prepares to hold its annual meeting in the Dominican Republic next week, its well-respected Brazilian economist president can look back on a successful first year in the job, during which time the bank’s internal and external relationships have become markedly less fraught.
