I cannot sugarcoat it. This was the most challenging year in the 40-year history of the Duke Center for International Development (DCID). This annual report gives you a picture of both our historical accomplishments, our waylaid plans, and our remaining initiatives. I hope it serves as a monument to the dedicated staff who devoted countless working hours to a vision of development research that was theoretically innovative, empirically rigorous, and globally impactful. We aimed for DCID scholarship to land in both top academic journals and on the desks of decision-makers in local governments and development agencies. I believe we were well on our way before 2025. Read Eddy Malesky's full letter.