The Prospects and Instruments for Development of the Small and Medium-Sized Entrepreneurship in Ukraine

The article is concerned with defining the main problems in the sphere of small and medium-sized enterprises at the regional (on example of Kharkiv region) and national levels, studying the prospects and instruments for development of small and medium-sized businesses in Ukraine. The main legislative and regulatory documents aimed at the development of the small and medium-sized sector of entrepreneurship have been provided. Also an analysis of the main expected accomplishments of the Program of facilitating the development of small and medium entrepreneurship in Kharkiv region in 2016-2020 and of the number of public institutions supporting entrepreneurship has been carried out. The main obstacles to small and medium-sized business development at both the regional and the national levels have been determined. The instruments for development of entrepreneurship sector have been grouped according to suggestions by representatives of the regional business association, public communities, banking sphere and other financial and credit institutions, experts-researchers, representatives of the public authorities, etc