nadim baba reports. >>> david is 40 years old and has a full-time job.t is looking for paid work in madrid. he's going from one short-term contract to another. he's taking his resume to anywhere he could think of. from estate agent to neighbourhood bars. he's luckier than most because his wife has a permanent job, while he gets unemployment benefit. something many are not entitled to. >> the worst case is the mind. long-term unemployment people with no state help. it's better to earn 250, no one can live on the amount. you have a job. >> we can pull. >> spain's government insists on doing all it can. it predicts 6,000 new jobs created this year and can point to encouraging data. >> during the first quarter of this year spain's economy grow by 0.9%. it will expand by three% this year, this is tackling unemployment. official visits showed it dropped to 23% in march, down 29.1%. the international monty fund forecasts unemployment in spain. that rings true for 50-year-old manuel, after losing his job as a public sifts thanks to help from parents and friends.