In an age where community involvement and partnerships with civil society are increasingly being recognized as indispensable, there is clearly a growing potential for cooperative development and renewal worldwide.

When things are really desperate and hopeless and you can't do anything about this, and there's a sense that something must be done, that is something usually leads to the U.N.

You have to wake up every day ready to start again.

In an era of globalisation, AIESEC's programmes have helped young people around the world to develop a broader understanding of cultural socio-economic and business management issues.

If information and knowledge are central to democracy, they are the conditions for development.

More countries have understood that women's equality is a prerequisite for development.

I think we can make a difference in the lives of the poor, and the millions.