What followed was a seven-year play for extra time. The initial approach was to link policy improvements in the borrowing countries not only with help from international institutions, but also with additional lending from the banks – which seemed to defy the most elementary canons of sensible bank behavior.
接下来是拖时间，一拖七年。最初的对策是在各债务国改进政策的条件下，由国际机构提供帮助，并由有关银行追加贷款——看起来违背了银行理性行为的基本信条。