The weak Iraqi economy is providing a large pool of young and vulnerable recruits, analysts say.
Southampton turned to Sweden because its pool of young soccer talent is bigger and deeper.
Mr. Chiu and Mr. Lee acknowledge that the growing industry represents a vast pool of young, wealthy voters.
Among Kosovo's Albanians, there is a large pool of young men willing to fight for the separatists.
After all, as Europe's birth dearth takes full effect, the pool of young graduates will shrink and the fight to recruit them will grow tougher.
Finance, technology and fashion start-ups have been able to tap into the large talent pool of young, multilingual professionals eager to work for the firms.
(In Florida, Trecartin availed himself of the vast pool of young performers who sing and dance, or aspire to, at Disney World).
Some economists say that China will face a dwindling pool of young workers in the coming years, and that it no longer makes sense to continue the policy.
Africa's high birth rates produce a pool of young voters who are more likely to take a chance on political newcomers.
That portends a shrinking pool of young adults to meet Mexico's future labor needs, and less competition for jobs at home.
Soldiers and marines are being sent into the war zones again and again because the pool of young people willing to join up and fight is so small.
