DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP INKAZAKHSTAN

Abstract

The article considers a new phenomenon in Kazakhstan society – social entrepreneurship. This direction as a field of modern management solutions has been studied in the framework of MBA and master's degree programs in business schools since the mid-90s of the XX century. But in our country, popularity is gaining only now. The first part of the article discusses the main approaches to the definition of the phenomenon of social entrepreneurship. In the second part of the article, the experience of the development of social entrepreneurship in Kazakhstan is considered, and there are shown cases of successful social entrepreneurs in the republic. The authors have identified the problems faced by social entrepreneurs in Kazakhstan.