It's nice that we can do these things, but this isn't long-term development. It's good for our image ... but it doesn't substitute for general development because the troops come and go. -Princeton Lyman

 

It's nice that we can do these things, but this isn't long-term development. It's good for our image ... but it doesn't substitute for general development because the troops come and go.


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The Chinese are offering the loan as an alternative to working with the IMF.

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