Lending to Small Businesses and the Legal Base for their Support: The Experience of Market Developed Countries

The article is devoted to the characteristics and analysis of credit and financial support for small and medium-sized businesses and private entrepreneurship, operating in market-developed countries. Various programs of funds to support small and medium-sized businesses are shown, which contribute to the broad development of this sector of the economy. The conclusion is formulated on the direction in which it is necessary to improve the legal framework of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the direction of development of this sector of the economy.