The $50 billion earmarked for upgrades to railways, airports and roads is just one part of the world’s infrastructure story. In markets of all types, infrastructure exchange traded funds (ETFs) are an opportunity to play growth.

Infrastructure is needed all over the world. In developed markets, it’s about maintaining and repairing what’s currently there. In emerging markets, it’s all about building entirely new systems. []

The variety of ETFs currently available to those who want in on the action are either focused globally, on raw materials critical to infrastructure or on the emerging markets in particular, reports Matthew D. McCall for Index Universe.

In the U.S. alone, about $2.2 trillion is estimated by the American Society of Civil Engineers which will be needed over the next five years to address the creaky U.S. infrastructure. [.]

All around the world, infrastucture spending is being called for:

  • Cassandra Pasandaran for The Jakarta Global reports that in the face of criticism over wasteful spending on overseas trips by government officials and legislators, the top economics minister said on Monday that the president wanted travel budgets restrained in favor of greater infrastructure spending.
  • Eric Johnston for BusinessDay reports that Australia will need to dramatically boost its spending on infrastructure to make up for years of under-investment, to the tune of as much as $100 billion a year over the next six years. This follows a recent report by Engineers Australia which found the quality of the nation’s infrastructure has gone backward in recent years.
  • Reuters on News Center reports that India will showcase its  massive infrastructure spending and wider account deficit at the upcoming G20 meeting. The economy is looking overseas to import equipment to help build up projects.

There are nine ways to play the infrastructure theme with ETFs, according to the . Drop by the Analyzer to find a complete list and sort ETFs by performance, assets and other attributes:

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