As highlighted in our first note of this series, the need to invest in infrastructure has come into sharp focus in many economies across the globe. Saudi Arabia is no exception to this trend, both in terms of investments made in recent years as well as future plans.
While the move away from hydrocarbons is likely to be the biggest driver of infrastructure investment growth in the near to medium-term, infrastructure is also likely to be boosted by other global trends including growing regionalisation and digitisation.