Greening UN procurement to give Swedish firms an edge

Business May 15, 2011

Sweden has for years been a so-called “under-utilised donor” in the multilateral aid market. While Sweden is among the top five or six contributors to numerous UN agencies, Swedish firms now account for less than 1 per cent of the UN’s total procurement.

The Foreign Ministry in Stockholm aims to turn this around.

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