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February 5, 2009

Global Infrastructure Spending to Reach $35 Trillion Over the Next 20 Years

By Jason Simpkins

A wave of government bailouts around the world and a sharp deterioration in existing infrastructure could lead to as much as $35 trillion in public works spending over the next 20 years, according to a new study by CIBC World Markets.

The study, released last week, says that many of the countries that balanced their budgets over the past 10 years did so by skimping on the construction costs for new public assets and the maintenance of existing buildings and roads, CBC reported.

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Posted by boyang at February 5, 2009 9:49 PM