The interaction term is positive and significant which confirms our hypothesis. In fact, is it possible to ddfine a critical democracy/ dictatorship value from the specification, at which aid exerts no impact on recipient political decentralization. The critical democracy/dictatorship is remarkably close to zero. Countries that are more democratic than the critical level become more democratic with additional foreign aid. Similarly, countries with a score lower than the critical score will tend to become more dictatorial with additional aid.