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The Unbundling: How MEA trade corridors are reshaping construction value

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The shift to trade systems

Infrastructure investment across the Middle East and Africa is no longer an asset delivery problem. It is a system performance problem. What is being built is not simply more infrastructure, but a different architecture of trade systems, where ports, logistics zones, dry ports, and border facilities must operate as a coordinated platform.

Value is migrating from politically visible flagship assets toward the enabling infrastructure and interfaces that determine corridor performance. Risk is shifting from isolated project delivery toward actors capable of managing multi-asset coordination across time and jurisdictions. Capital is now concentrated in a limited number of strategic corridor programs, narrowing the set of genuinely attractive opportunities while increasing execution complexity.

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Author: Kishore Nair, Director - Industrials Consulting APAC & MENA, GlobalData

59% of announced transport & logistics pipeline across eight MENA markets is held by two countries

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