BP and Oxford University agree $14 million funding of economics chair and centre at Oxford for the analysis of resource-rich economies.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-2 August 2005-BP: BP and Oxford University agree $14 million funding of economics chair and centre at Oxford for the analysis of resource-rich economies(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:02082005 BP and the University of Oxford announced today the endowment of the BP Chair in Economics and the foundation of the Oxford Centre for the Analysis of Resource-Rich Economies.

With BP funding of about $14 million over ten years, this will become a global centre of excellence, headed by the BP Professor of Economics, in the analysis of resource-rich economies. As such it will: - undertake original and objective research; - act as the core of a global network; - endeavour to share best practice, including in countries that host large natural...