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Whether countries with large youth populations will be able to provide education and employment opportunities to young people over the coming years and decades is one of the major questions facing developing countries. The answer not only affects the well-being of youth, but affects many countries' stability and security as well. Henrik Urdal, senior researcher at the Center for the Study of Civil War and associate editor of the Journal of Peace Research at International Peace Research Institute in Oslo, Norway, talked with PRB about youth bulges and urbanization and their effects on conflict.