I launched The Emeril Lagasse Foundation to provide culinary training and developmental and educational programs to children in the cities where my restaurants operate. I think everyone has a responsibility to give back to the community if they can and to help future generations learn new skills.

Fascism the more it considers and observes the future and the development of humanity quite apart from political considerations of the moment believes neither in the possibility nor the utility of perpetual peace.

Invest three percent of your income in yourself (self-development) in order to guarantee your future.

Without economic development any potential for political openness and freedom will be questionable.

Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.

The development of the food industry for both domestic and export markets relies on a regulatory framework that both protects the consumer and assures fair trading practices in food.

Food prices are often kept artificially high. The result is that the Millennium Development Goals set out by the United Nations at the start of the new millennium are not being reached. Fine words have not yet been turned into deeds.

One way to find food for thought is to use the fork in the road the bifurcation that marks the place of emergence in which a new line of development begins to branch off.

Masood Ahmed brings to the position of director of external relations extensive experience gained in a range of senior positions in international finance and development.

The family wage has been eroded by the same developments that have promoted consumerism as a way of life.