In order to devise effective solutions based on facts, lawmakers need research resources.
Farmers in an African country lacked access to basic inputs like seeds. Lawmakers wanted to help, but they did not know about farming practices in the outlying areas or about the kinds of crops that could grow there. Partnering with ICLAD staff, faculty at the national university trained students to visit the farmers and collect the facts lawmakers would need to solve the problem. The faculty set up a legislative research center to gather and analyze information and to provide students with research experience.

Developing and sustaining a country's lawmaking capacity requires ongoing training and support.
The faculty of a university in the Asia-Pacific region had deep expertise in law, science, and social science. ICLAD's legislative problem-solving theory and method gave the faculty a framework they could use to develop interdisciplinary courses and build an integrated legislative training program. The program now equips new lawyers, government officials and staff, legislators, and citizens to devise legislative solutions grounded in logically organized facts. Among its many successes, the program has prepared legislation drafters to serve throughout the country, which previously relied on foreign drafters.

Legislative problem-solving requires monitoring and evaluation data that universities can provide.
The faculty of a Middle Eastern university identified laws that worked—and others that had failed to solve social problems as the legislators intended. Using ICLAD's research approach, the faculty gathered evidence about how laws affected behaviors, organized and analyzed the information, and prepared reports that lawmakers could use to amend the laws. In another country, faculty and lawmakers partnered with ICLAD to plan a law reform commission.