The first experience Mustang had with development aid was in the nineties, some of which I saw first hand. And they failed miserably! Part of the reason was the condescension with which Kathmandu has always treated Mustang.
The influx of tourists to Mustang bring little benefits to the local people. On the contrary, the visitors not only have little regard for the ways and values of the locals but also question and threaten the most important aspect, and therefore, the very basis of their way of life: their religion (their spirituality).
Summer of 2012, considering returning to Nepal for good to work in the education of children from low socioeconomic background, I visited about ten government and community school in and around Pokhara, and accompanied my good buddy Jayjeev, COMMITTED's Executive Director, on a trip to Thangpalkot. This is a video, Jayjeev made, of that trip.
I keep a list...a long list...and this is it!