Abstract
The purpose of writing this article is to analyze the impact of the changes taking place in the country on the development of small and medium-sized businesses. Research methodology. In the process of writing the article, such methods as the collection of primary statistical information, Excel-data analysis with forecasts, economic analysis, and comparative methods were used. The scientific value of this work is due to the growing problems in the economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan caused by the global crisis and the pandemic, which fully affected small and medium-sized businesses, as a result of which measures were taken to support this area of entrepreneurship by various financial institutions. The results of the study. This article analyzes the development of small and medium-sized businesses in Kazakhstan, on its basis, the main problems in terms of tax and financial and credit systems are identified, and prospects for the development of state support for entrepreneurship are identified. The authors noted the role and place of small and medium-sized enterprises in the socio-economic development of the state, identified the regions of the country and the industries in which these forms of business have developed. The interests of SMEs of the economy in the implementation of entrepreneurial activities are identified, as well as the problems hindering the effective functioning of this sector are described.