Assessing the Effectiveness of Government Measures for the Development of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in the Russian Federation in the Context of Foreign Economic Sanctions

The aim of the study is the conceptual development of tools for assessing the effectiveness of government measures for the development of small and medium-sized enterprises in the context of foreign economic sanctions, based on the econometric analysis of the indicators of small and medium-sized enterprises (the number of small and medium-sized enterprises, the number of people employed in the field of entrepreneurship) and the allocated financial resources under federal and regional programs to support entrepreneurship («My Business», «Social Entrepreneurship»). The scientific proposal of the authors, used in this article, is to substantiate the importance in the conditions of foreign economic sanctions to expand the access of small and medium-sized businesses to financial resources. This is done through the priority implementation of state support programs for entrepreneurship. Based on the available statistical data, the authors proved that government initiatives to implement federal and regional programs to support entrepreneurship contribute to the increase in the number of small and medium-sized enterprises, which indicates their effectiveness.