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How much infrastructure does the world need?

The latest episode of Macro Bytes explores the staggering $64 trillion global infrastructure challenge, from roads and energy grids to climate resilience and digital connectivity, urging listeners to consider not just how we build the future, but whether we can afford not to.

Authors
Chief Economist
Senior Emerging Markets Economist
Contributors
Sameer Amin

Duration: 19 Mins

Date: Jun 26, 2025

“Infrastructure is one of the foundations on which economies are built ... critical not just to daily life, but to the functioning of the economy, businesses, financial markets.”

In the latest episode of Macro Bytes, the economics and politics podcast from Aberdeen, Senior Emerging Markets Economist and main author of the recent Global Macro Research report, How large are global infrastructure needs?, Robert Gilhooly, and Head of Concession Infrastructure Sameer Amin join Host Paul Diggle to discuss:

  • The role of infrastructure in the economy
  • Why future infrastructure needs are so high
  • Whether it can all get funded and built – and how

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The views in this podcast are those of the contributors at the time of publication and do not necessarily reflect those of Aberdeen.

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