ASSL invests in research and development on topical issues in areas such as women empowerment, social protection in the third world, peace and security, cross border trade facilitation, health systems strengthening, health facilities assessments, best practice e-learning for marginalized and crisis-affected communities among others. Through our research and development, we are able to build and expand our knowledge in fields where we have experience as well as discovering unchartered territories. This offers us insights into new domains and platforms to engage development partners and peers as well as collaborate in fashioning and developing unprecedented solutions to conventional processes as well as optimizing business and programmatic processes.