PASARC informs governance processes, by conducting systematic research on issues of public policy, urban planning and development, through a team of highly qualified, experiences and motivated persons belonging to the public sector, the non-governmental sector, industry, and academia.
Most of PASARC current research focuses on Governance, Social-Economic Development, and Urban Affairs.
PASARC also assists in capacity building by developing training modules and by imparting training to professional of the international, national, regional and local public sector organizations.