Peter Koenig is a macroeconomist and geopolitical analyst. He worked for more than 30 years with the World Bank, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC). He is a Research Associate of Global Research (GR) and is an Associate of the José Marti Institute, Havana, Cuba. Fields of concentration were macroeconomics, water resources, environment/environmental health, water in humanitarian and crisis situations. He is familiar with the Washington Consensus, economic reforms, so-called structural adjustments, dollarization, as well as de-dollarization.