An interactive visualization uses blooming plants to depict the relationship between poverty and demographic differences in three Pacific island countries: the Marshall Islands, Vanuatu, and Kiribati. Each plant represents a country, with its size reflecting the population below the poverty line. Leaves depict age groups from bottom to top, and the plant’s sides distinguish rural (left) from urban (right) data. Each branch has two flower clusters—left for males, right for females. More blossoms indicate lower poverty rates, white blossoms signify gender equality, and yellow blossoms highlight higher poverty for that gender.
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Martin Makaryan
Martin Makaryan is a research assistant specializing in digital policy. Makaryan is a current master's student at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University where he specializes in security and strategy, with a focus on the intersection of security, policy, and emerging technologies. He holds a B.A. in Political Science and Global Studies from UCLA and previously worked in government affairs and policy research in California both in the non-profit and government sectors. His academic and professional interests include the impact of innovation and technology on foreign policy and national security policy, as well as automation and AI, cybersecurity, and digital policy.
