The article examines the opportunities and main directions created in the region to support small business and private entrepreneurship. Detailed information on its importance in providing employment and increasing income. Recommendations on factors of practical development of small business and private entrepreneurship are also given.

small business, entrepreneurship, forms of support, financial resources, credit support, state, private sector, digitalization, innovation, employment, income.

Address of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev to the Oliy Majlis. January 24, 2020

Address of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev to the Oliy Majlis, December 20, 2023.

Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On Guarantees of Freedom of Entrepreneurship”. (June 3, 2022).

Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated February 12, 2024 “On the Program for Supporting Small Business and Private Entrepreneurship in 2024-2026”.

Statistical reports of the Ministry of Economic Development and Poverty Reduction of the Republic of Uzbekistan – www.mep.uz

www.stat.uz – Official website of the State Statistics Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

www.lex.uz – National database of regulatory legal acts.

World Bank reports: “Doing Business 2023 – Uzbekistan Country Profile”.