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Gil Crawford Explains Why Microfinance Loan Rates Are So High

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  • Date Added : 4/7/2008
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Gil Crawford

  • CEO, Microvest Capital Management
  • male
  • Caucasian
  • 1958 (Age: 66 years old)
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Biography

Gil Crawford is the CEO of MicroVest Capital Management. He has over 20 years experience with microfinance institutions and capital markets and has worked extensively in Latin America and Africa, as well as in Asia. MicroVest Capital Management is the first private microfinance investment firm in the United States. Crawford has grown the company from a single $30MM debt and equity fund to a global microfinance intermediary, most recently originating and servicing a $39MM collateralized loan obligation with Lehman Brothers and acting as a sub-advisor to eBay's MicroPlace.

Previously, Crawford worked for the Latin American Financial Markets Division at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and focused on investments in microfinance institutions. Prior to joining IFC, Mr. Crawford created and ran Seed Capital Development Fund, a US based non-profit firm, involved in creating financial instruments and attracting funds to capitalize microfinance institutions, primarily in Latin America, Asia and Africa.

Before founding SCDF, Crawford was the Assistant Project Director for Africa Venture Capital Project, a $7.1 million USAID contract designed to create risk capital firms in Africa. Crawford received his bank training at Chase Manhattan Bank in the mid-80's after working in Africa for the Red Cross and State Department.

Gil Crawford graduated from the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University in 1983 and Bates College in 1980.

Now why do they have to charge 35%? Well the math is very simple. As you can imagine having so many small loans you need to have the... the cost of making each loan is much ... the cost of making loans per dollar lend is much higher than it would be for the Tompkins County Trust Company here in Itha...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).

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Video 1 of 17 Gil Crawford Provides Suggestions For Courses To Take As An Undergrad If You Plan To Become and Entrepreneur
  • Gil Crawford - Interview - Microvest Capital Management
  • 4/7/2008
  • Gil Crawford
  • 3 min. 40 sec.
Video 2 of 17 Gil Crawford Discusses Personal Academic Background
  • Gil Crawford - Interview - Microvest Capital Management
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  • Gil Crawford
  • 1 min. 54 sec.
Video 3 of 17 Gil Crawford Discusses Impact of Working In Africa After Graduate School
  • Gil Crawford - Interview - Microvest Capital Management
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  • Gil Crawford
  • 2 min. 8 sec.
Video 4 of 17 Gil Crawford Discusses Experience At Chase and Decision To Create Seed Capital Development Fund
  • Gil Crawford - Interview - Microvest Capital Management
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Video 5 of 17 Gil Crawford Discusses Challenges of Building a Not For Profit
  • Gil Crawford - Interview - Microvest Capital Management
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  • Gil Crawford
  • 4 min. 4 sec.
Video 6 of 17 Gil Crawford Provides Overview of Microfinance
  • Gil Crawford - Interview - Microvest Capital Management
  • 4/7/2008
  • Gil Crawford
  • 5 min. 14 sec.
Video 7 of 17 Gil Crawford Provides Overview to Company Microvest
  • Gil Crawford - Interview - Microvest Capital Management
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  • 3 min. 9 sec.
Video 8 of 17 Gil Crawford Discusses Microvest's First Fund
  • Gil Crawford - Interview - Microvest Capital Management
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  • Gil Crawford
  • 3 min. 6 sec.
Video 9 of 17 Gil Crawford Discusses Second Microvest Fund
  • Gil Crawford - Interview - Microvest Capital Management
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  • 2 min. 20 sec.
Video 10 of 17 Gil Crawford Discusses Importance of Understanding How Country Risk Will Impact Microfinance Institution
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  • 2 min. 18 sec.
Video 11 of 17 Gil Crawford States Importance of Having Understanding Of Entire System In Microfinance
  • Gil Crawford - Interview - Microvest Capital Management
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  • 4 min. 40 sec.
Video 12 of 17 Gil Crawford Discusses Challenge of Measuring Impact In A Not For Profit
  • Gil Crawford - Interview - Microvest Capital Management
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  • 2 min. 52 sec.
Video 13 of 17 Gil Crawford Discusses Myths Related To Microfinance and States Microfinance Is Actually Less Risky
  • Gil Crawford - Interview - Microvest Capital Management
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  • 3 min. 53 sec.
Video 14 of 17 Gil Crawford Discusses Importance of Developing Leadership Skills and Developing a Network of Advisors
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  • 5 min. 57 sec.
Video 15 of 17 Gil Crawford States Importance of Being Able To Return Investor's Money
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  • 1 min. 12 sec.
Video 16 of 17 Gil Crawford States Microfinance Is A Wonderful Example of a BoP Business
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  • 3 min. 10 sec.
Video 17 of 17 Gil Crawford Explains Why Microfinance Loan Rates Are So High
  • Gil Crawford - Interview - Microvest Capital Management
  • 4/7/2008
  • Gil Crawford
  • 2 min. 30 sec.

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