Fund Nepal generously for 10 years in white ball and see them beating Bangbros and giving competition to others. They will see tons of improvement, maybe similar to Afghanistan.
But i wasn't making a case for white ball but red ball (big funding comes because of it).
This is the problem. Why so much focus is being given to red ball cricket and why they are making funding linked to it? Fund allocation to Zimbabwe should be cancelled and those funds should be re-distributed to the top associate nations. Even if 50% of the funds to Zimbabwe is diverted, it will amount to $8.82 million. Distribute those funds to the top-10 associate nations, and their allocation would go up to $1 million. This will go a long way in helping cricket in countries such as Nepal and Namibia.
It started with the test cricket so it obvious to revolve everything around it, old guard is still romantise the format and in layman terms it's considered real cricket, which comes with lots of respect that's why you see major players wants to play it.
T-20 cricket is disrupting the model and old guard wants to preserve it at any cost. That's why ICC keep finding non performing test nations. If that wasn't the case then plenty of money could've been transferred to associate for white ball cricket.