Hi, I was formerly the CEO of RentACoder /vWorker and oversaw several thousand outsourcing engagements each month, from every imaginable country.

There is no one best country for everyone… each country is unique and so finding the best one for you is a matter of looking at your own needs and matching them up to what's available. For example,if the work you're doing is not unique and doesn't need to be protected with intellectual property laws, you can save the most money by going overseas to a country like Romania or India. If your project is mathematically oriented, it is often well worth it to choose someone from a former Russian republic with a very strong mathematical background. If you're looking for someone to just follow your very detailed spec not do anything creative, India may be the best choice.

However, none of those countries have good intellectual property laws. So if you outsource anything secret or proprietary, it often gets copied and released to the public without your permission. In that case, you will want to stick with the country that can protect you better. It may be the UK or the US, depending on where you are located (or Australia, if that's closer to your time zone).

I hope that helps, and if you want to explore this further for your particular situation, just give me a call here on Clarity.