Pham Khanh Nam is a senior research fellow and director of the Environment for Development Center (EfD-Vietnam) at the University of Economics Ho Chi Minh city. He is the Dean of the School of Economics, University of Economics Ho Chi Minh city. He received his PhD in Economics from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. His areas of research interest are environmental and natural resources economics, climate change and experimental economics. Currently, his research focuses on forest devolution policy, marine plastic pollution and renewable energy in Vietnam. He has published in a number of peer-reviewed journals, including Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Economic Psychology, Oxford Economic Paper, Land Use Policy or Journal of Development Studies.
Pham Khanh Nam has been actively involved in the revision of the Vietnamese Law of Environmental Protection as well as other policy dialogues on circular economy and green growth strategy. He is a member of several task forces under Vietnam’s Central Economic Committee and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. He has consulted the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, IUCN, and Vietnam Environment Administration.
Email: nam.pham@eepsea.net