Subject(s): Labour market -- ILO's contribution -- Theories and practices of regional employment development -- Space, Employment and development: some thoughts on the regional dimension of employment policy, Regional employment development : evolution of the theory and practice in Developed and developing countries -- Urban and rural approaches to regional employment development -- Employment and large cities, Big cities and giant agglomerations, Land settlement polices and population redistribution in developing countries: performance, problems and prospects, Spacial aspects of basic needs strategy: The distribution of essential services and goods, Demarcation of zones of accessibility -- Manpower information at local and branch levels -- Manpower and employment information through key informants, Test programme, Informants approach, Mobility channels: an Instrument for analysing and regulating the local labour market , Local employment structure , Typology of jobs -- Specific case studies -- Control of development by people: regional planning and basic needs in Madagascar, labour market in a recession-Hit region: North east of Brazil, Regional development and employment , Recession and drought, Information sector, Non-agricultural unemployment , Economic growth and unemployment -- Rural development and labour intensive schemes: impact studies of some pilot programmes -- Socio-economic benefits, Sustainability, Local employment initiatives in western Europe, Local employment initiatives, Support structure, Capital and training needs, Recent development in European intergovernmental policy