Following those References:

https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/vision/vision-covid-19-mass-unemployment-and-structural-change

https://voxeu.org/article/beyond-pandemic-life-support-structural-change https://unctad.org/news/gender-and-unemployment-lessons-covid-19-pandemic https://www.oecd.org/coronavirus/policy-responses/what-have-countries-done-to-support-youngpeople-in-the-covid-19-crisis-ac9f056c/

a) How does the pandemic affect the labour force participation rate and unemployment rate in Australia, Newzealand, India, Nepal and Pakistan during the last two years? Where possible, find detailed data on unemployment rate among different age groups, male and female, and different ethnic groups for if any.

b) In each country, which group suffered the most during the pandemic, based on your collected data? Explain. Recommend some policies to reduce the unemployment rate for this group.