Peculiarities of social entrepreneurship development in Kazakhstan

Abstract

At the current stage of economic development, we can increasingly see examples of partnerships between the private, non-profit and public sectors to achieve public sector goals. Non-profit organizations solve social problems of society due to the fact that the state does not have enough resources to solve social problems. In this regard, the development of social entrepreneurship, which has received special attention in developed countries in recent years, is of particular importance. Social entrepreneurship is an innovative entrepreneurial activity using innovative technologies to solve or mitigate social problems in society. Such problems can be – providing employment for people with special needs, people from socially vulnerable categories, environmental protection, education, health care, etc. As a rule, a social enterprise is formed when the initiator of its creation tries to solve a problem that he or she has faced personally. The purpose of this article is to study the state of development of social entrepreneurship in Kazakhstan, to identify the problems associated with its development at the present stage, as well as to offer its vision of solving these problems. Due to the fact that social entrepreneurship is a new phenomenon in the economy of Kazakhstan, this topic is unstudied, there are not enough scientific works on the topic of research, in this connection we find it interesting to study the features of social entrepreneurship development in the Republic of Kazakhstan from the scientific point of view. The practical relevance of the article is confirmed by the interest of quasi-governmental bodies in the topic of social entrepreneurship.