The original version of this article, by Katherine Carter, appeared on the Fund for Peace’s World Square blog. Today approximately 44 percent of the world’s 7.2 billion people are under 24 years old – and 26 percent are under 14. Of those 7.2 billion people, a staggering 82 percent live in less developed regions of the … Continue reading Is Youth Bulge a “Magic Indicator” for the Failed States Index?