Evaluating the Effectiveness of Implementing Targeted Programs for Small Businesses in a Megalopolis

In today's economic world, there is a mixed state and market economy. The market is the main producer and seller of goods and services, while the state is its regulatory agent and an important economic entity. Research conducted by economists has shown that the state of small business development in the largest cities of the world has many similarities, along with certain differences. Government regulation of economic development in this sector of the economy is increasingly aimed at increasing the efficiency of production, and its focus is shifted from demand regulation to supply regulation. In order to address the global challenges of how best to adapt entrepreneurship to the development conditions of a metropolis. In this regard, a comprehensive assessment of the effectiveness of entrepreneurship and the effectiveness of entrepreneurship support and development programs at various levels of government has been proposed. The criteria for evaluation: achievement of target values; percentage of deviation of the achieved target values from the planned ones and dynamics of expenditures on program implementation. The target indicators were assessed by establishing the correspondence between the amount of money spent on achieving the established indicator and the actually received value of the target indicator in the reporting period compared to the planned one. In addition, the interpretation of the value of the efficiency index for the target program implementation was presented. Thus, the efficiency of program implementation will consist of the following elements: evaluation of the achieved target indicators; evaluation of costs for their achievement. An important line of further research can be development of a program for IT outsourcing in public authorities and management, taking into consideration the need to solve the problems of innovative modernization of the social and economic system in the country from the strategic perspective.