Spark - December 2011 Issue 2
That more than a million jobs have been lost at a time when government has made job creation a national priority says much about the impact of the current global crisis. For families and communities, where so many depend on so few breadwinners, the loss of even a single job can be enoug to plunge a family into poverty.
For municipalities, already struggling with low levels of revenue, an increasing number of people unable to pay their municipal accounts or requiring free basic services means spreading limited resources even more thinly.
