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The goals of this article are to give students advice related to entering the world of development and a clear view of the responsibilities and pitfalls that come along with the profession of international consultancy as applied anthropologists. In doing so, I discuss the necessary skills required, such as a background in research, knowledge of foreign and vernacular languages, and fieldwork experience. I also give some advice about contacting development agencies and preparing for overseas work. In addition, I comment on what to expect while working in developing countries in the field of public health. In order to illustrate some of the interventions, I have drawn examples from my own experiences in the field. Motivation is very important for this career and students must be aware that although the profession may be exciting, it is also difficult and demanding. Apart from giving counsel, I have attempted to show that being a consultant is a great opportunity to learn more about the human race and that the job is full of challenges and rewards.

"Dieser Artikel analysiert die institutionelle Form der internationalen
Kooperation zur Vermeidung von Doppelbesteuerung. Es wird argumentiert,
dass das Doppelbesteuerungsproblem als ein Koordinationsspiel mit
Verteilungskonflikt verstanden werden kann. Die Verteilung der Steuereinnahmen
hängt von der Asymmetrie der Investitionsflüsse zwischen den
vertragsschließenden Staaten ab. Da diese Investitionspositionen notwendigerweise
paarweise variieren, können die Verteilungsinteressen der
Staaten am besten in bilateralen Verhandlungen aufeinander abgestimmt
werden. Weil es außerdem bei bilateralen Doppelbesteuerungsabkommen
keine Externalitäten gibt, sind solche Verträge auch durchsetzbar. Trotzdem
gibt es Bedarf für eine multilaterale Organisation, die Informationen
und gemeinsame Praktiken in Form eines Modellabkommens verbreitet.
Das Modellabkommen dient als Fokalpunkt für die bilateralen Verhandlungen.
Die strategische Struktur als Koordinationsspiel kann außerdem
erklären, warum die Institutionen der Doppelbesteuerungsvermeidung
nicht mit Durchsetzungskapazitäten ausgestattet sind. Das sogenannte
Verständigungsverfahren zur Beilegung von Vertragsstreitigkeiten dient
vielmehr als Instrument zur Bearbeitung des Problems unvollständiger
Verträge." (Autorenreferat)

"Managing working capital, financing the business, assessing control of foreign exchange and political risks and evaluating foreign direct investment."

What is peace? This basic question often appears in contemporary orthodoxy to have been settled in favor of the 'liberal peace.' Yet, this has, in many post-conflict settings, proved to create a 'virtual peace'-empty states & institutions which are ambivalent about everyday life. In this context peace is widely referred to but rarely defined. Though the concept of peace is often assumed to be normatively irreproachable, formative in the founding of the discipline, & central to the agendas of liberal states, it has rarely been directly approached as an area of study within IR. This essay endeavors to illustrate how developing accounts of peace helps chart the different theoretical & methodological contributions in IR, & the complex issues that then emerge. These include the pressing problem of how peace efforts become sustainable rather than merely inscribed in international & state-level diplomatic & military frameworks. This also raises issues related to an ontology of peace, culture, development, agency & structure, not just in terms of the representations of the world, & of peace, presented in the discipline, but in terms of the sovereignty of the discipline itself & its implications for everyday life. In an interdisciplinary & pluralist field of study -- as IR has now become -- concepts of peace & their sustainability are among those that are central. This raises the question of what the discipline is for, if not for peace? This paper explores such issues in the context of orthodox & critical IR theory, methods, & ontology, & offers some thoughts about the implications of placing peace at the center of IR. Figures. Adapted from the source document.