This contrasts with ahardloan, which has to be paid back in an agreed hard currency, usually of a country with a stable robust economy.
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I want great care to be taken to ensure that we have hard loans available for projects which can carry the repayments even in quite small territories.
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There is room in nearly every territory for quite hard loans for specific projects which can be expected to carry the servicing of a loan within a short time.
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