・ 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.