What is being done, what needs doing, and who's doing it.
The World Bank will provide $84 million to Ukraine under the "Housing Repair for People's Empowerment" (HOPE) project to help restore housing damaged in the war, under the eRestoration program.
France has pledged to provide €10 million for the International Chernobyl Cooperation Account, managed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), to help restore safety at the site.
The Ukrainian Parliament has given initial approval for amendments to the Budget Code needed to implement the recently signed minerals deal with the US in the first reading.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said it is expecting Ukraine's GDP growth to slow to 3.3% this year, from previously forecast 3.5%, as global trade frictions add additional downside risks to already high uncertainty related to the war.
Spotty availability of railway wagons, congestion at Black Sea ports, complex insurance mechanisms, a lack of truck drivers and the risks of military strikes pose serious challenges to firms looking to ship goods to Ukraine, says a logistics professional with operations in the country.
Ukraine's Agency for Restoration is looking for candidates with "unquestionable integrity" and "an orientation toward change" to head of the Centralized Procurement Agency (CPO), which was recently established to ensure transparency in reconstruction efforts.
Ukraine's Economy Ministry said it has held the inaugural meeting of a new international task force aimed at accelerating the development of the country's insurance market.
Ukraine possesses one of the richest untapped reserves of critical raw materials (CRMs) in Europe, including lithium, titanium, manganese, and uranium. According to the report by DataDriven Research & Consulting, the country holds confirmed reserves of 22 out of 34 critical minerals identified by the European Union.
Researchers assessing damage to Ukraine's agricultural sector have documented more than 600,000 craters from explosives, including some as wide as 50 meters across, as well as intense soil compaction and disruption of the topsoil, in Ukraine's Mykolaiv and Kherson regions alone, according to the government.
The minerals deal Ukraine signed with the US last week serves as part of the foundation of Ukraine's future security, even though it doesn't explicity provide security guarantees to the country, said Oksana Markarova, the country's ambassador to the United States.
The following story is reported exclusively for Ukraine Rebuild Newswire by the law firm CMS Ukraine as part of a partnership created to better inform investors in Ukraine's reconstruction. Ukrainian lawmakers are weighing legislative amendments that would allow detailed plans of a territory (DPTs) to directly establish functional
South Korea's diversified investment corporation Itoxi Corp has signed a memorandum of long-term cooperation with Ukrainian company City One Development to take part in the construction of two glass plants in the war-torn country.
Enterprise Ireland is "assessing potential future opportunities" for Irish firms in Ukraine's $500 billion reconstruction and recovery efforts, the Irish state economic development agency told the Irish Independent.
Ireland has contributed €7 million to the European Investment Bank's "EU for Ukraine" Fund, bringing the fund's total to more than €410 million, the EIB said. The fund, set up to support Ukraine's recovery and reconstruction, has now received contributions from 16
