World Bank chief says Western European countries need to help fund Ukraine reconstruction

WASHINGTON – The World Bank is ready to do its part in rebuilding Ukraine after the devastation of Russia’s invasion, but international financial institutions cannot shoulder the sums involved alone and Western European countries will have to chip in, World Bank president David Malpass said on Tuesday.

Malpass, speaking at the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, noted that the World Bank had played a bi