Much of my foreign work has been subcontracting for other, bigger, consultancies. My Finnish assignments have been more focussed studies, as the sector policy and regulatory system is rather advanced and in the process of decreasing regulation rather than increasing . You may be interested in some of my papers and publications . My approach is mainly pragmatic. I like to work on-site, closely together with counterparts.
Experience shows that the outcome is much better.
The existing political and economic situation in the countries differ, thus the solutions have to be individual. I try to design practical and workable solutions that are not too complicated, but rather easy to understand and implement. In most developing countries the existing human resources are scarce. There is no sense in designing solutions which cannot be implemented by available staff. I have had plenty of use of my solid hands-on operator experience e.g. when designing policies, regulations or working methods for regulators.