只要这样的贷款是长期的，并且利率适中（例如，25年的美元贷款，年利率5 % ） ，接受贷款的国家就能用在一代人的时间里大量增加的收入，来偿还贷款。
So long as the credits are long term and carry a modest interest rate (say, 25-year dollar loans at 5% per annum), the recipient countries could repay the loans out of the significant boost in incomes that would result over the course of a generation.