INVESTMENT ACTIVITY OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESSES

Abstract

The need to attract investment in the Russian economy is caused by the need for technological modernization of production, obtaining new technologies, creating high-tech jobs, gaining access to foreign markets. The purpose of the study is to study the state and role of small business in the Russian economy on the basis of official data from Rosstat, and develop measures to improve the investment climate in the field of small business. The study found that small business is in dire need of investment. This is due to the fact that Russia lags behind most countries of the world in many indicators characterizing the development of small business. The relevance of the article is due to the fact that the task of increasing the share of small business in the economy cannot be achieved without a significant increase in investment in small business. By order of the Government of the Russian Federation of June 2, 2016 No. 1083-r "On the strategy for the development of small and medium-sized businesses in the Russian Federation for the period up to 2030 and an action plan (" road map ") for its implementation), the task is to increase in comparison with 2014 .:SME turnover 2.5 times; labor productivity by 2 times; the share of the employed population in the SME sector in the total employed population up to 35%; the share of SMEs in GDP doubled (from 20 to 40%). The national project "Small and Medium Enterprises and Support of Entrepreneurial Initiatives" sets the goal of increasing the number of people employed in SMEs to 25 million people.