・ Reduce the long-term cost of electricity supply, ・ Contribute to meeting debt service associated with the building of the Manantali dam, ・ Contribute to increasing the efficiency and reliability of the power systems, ・ Establish an effective organization to construct and operate the project facilities and to mitigate environment and health impacts of the Manantali dam, ・ Promote competitive private sector participation in project operation and in financing of future generation projects in the Senegal River Basin, ・ Support the traditional agricultural sector downstream through rational management of the Manantali reservoir. |