Publications
Our publications reflect the Academy's commitment to promoting research on the global digital economy. With 80+ world class scholars in the Luohan Academy’s research community, our platform has become a showcase of books, reports, working papers, and other writings which reflect the highest standards of intellectual rigor and transparency.
  • Measuring and Tracking the Global Pandemic Economy

    June 10, 2022

    As the COVID-19 pandemic brought the world into the deepest recession since the Great Depression, we are now in a pandemic economy. How to measure the trade-offs between the pandemic and the economy as well as tracking
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  • Slow Recovery as COVID-19 Goes Global

    June 10, 2022

    During the past 10 days, there have been significant new developments in the global Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak. The number of new cases rose sharply in Iran, Italy and South Korea, business and consumer
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  • Jumpstarting Recovery Amid the COVID-19 Epidemic

    June 10, 2022

    This report reviews the recent developments in China’s all-out efforts in containing the virus and achieving epidemic control, as well as the status of the country’s job and economic recoveries. As the contagion has slowed its pace, especially outside Hubei Province, the issue
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  • The COVID-19 Pandemic: Shocks, Global Transmission and Vulnerabilities

    June 10, 2022

    A precondition for calibrating the right doses of monetary and fiscal stimuli consistent with the ongoing campaign of COVID-19 containment is a better understanding of the nature of COVID-19 pandemic and other shocks, as well as the channels through which such shocks propagate within
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  • Digital Technology and Inclusive Growth

    June 10, 2022

    This report highlights potential positive impacts of digital technology on inclusive growth - growth that is broad-based and offers opportunities and protections for all. Throughout history, technological progress has always been the fundamental driver of progress, but the transition
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  • Annual Review 2021-2022

    April 22, 2022

    With the first Luohan Academy annual review, we seek to provide an overview of this past year’s work of the Academy and the invaluable contributions of our community. Luohan Academy is an open research institute initiated by Alibaba
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  • Digital Circular Economy for Net Zero

    April 22, 2022

    The climate crisis requires that economies around the world achieve carbon Net Zero by 2050. However, average annual GHG emissions during the 2010s have continued to increase (albeit at a decelerating rate) relative to global emissions in the first decade of the 21st century (IPCC AR6).
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  • Navigating the Vaccination Phase of Pandemic Economy

    March 16, 2021

    When and how to relax strict social-distancing and lockdown policies remain open questions. Can we reach herd immunity or is this goal still necessary? How far are we from normalcy, and what kind of “new normal” will that be? The Luohan Academy’s Pandemic Economy Tracking
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  • Understanding Big Data: Data Calculus In The Digital Era

    February 5, 2021

    As public awareness rises about big data and the profits companies can make by collecting it, government is coming under greater pressure than ever before to act – to protect users and to regulate fast enough, in particular, to keep up with technological change. This report, “Understanding
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