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Informing the UN Secretary General

EfD Vietnam Center director Pham Khanh Nam is part of a team of experts advising the UN Secretary General Guterres on what measures nations should use to evaluate progress, “Beyond GDP”, in the years ahead.

The team of fourteen include a former chief economist of the World Bank and a Nobel laureate, and recommendations will feed into the UN General Assembly that closes in September 2026.

“The group has held dozens of working meetings, including two in-person meetings. My contribution has been to bring the perspectives from emerging economies and to help strengthen the policy relevance of the dashboard approach, especially the dual emphasis on wellbeing and planetary limits,” says Pham Khanh Nam.

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