중소기업에 대한 보조금 지원 정책에 관한 검토 : 증거에 근거한 정책결정방법(EBPM)을 중심으로

Small and medium-sized enterprises, individual businesses suffered serious damage as individual outings or business operations were restricted by the COVID-19 incident in 2020. Accordingly, most countries implemented large-scale corporate support policies to prevent corporate bankruptcy and to reduce unemployment. In particular, unusual measures were taken against the subsidy system, such as small and medium-sized enterprises, given that unlike the previous one, a subsidy support policy was proposed that exempts the repayment of loans. However, since such a subsidy system is gradually being converted into a form of exemption from repayment and changed to a simplified review system for prompt payment, it is necessary to systematically suppress it because there is a high probability that fraudulent recipients will occur. In addition, short-term and temporary subsidy policies could not be a fundamental solution to curb the bankruptcy of small and medium-sized enterprises and others in economic crisis, and therefore should be developed by objective Evidence-Based Policy Making (EBPM) or to improve the quality of policy evaluation. Therefore, in this article it considered the significance and policy effects of subsidy plans for small and medium-sized enterprises, and discussed the problems of the rapidity and enforcement system of subsidies for small and medium-sized enterprises. In addition, the Data-Based Administration Act was enacted in 2020, and as the policy decision method EBPM was introduced. However, it sought to examine the problems and expand their application since there are still institutional limitations. Lastly, it also reviews the policy direction of grant plans under way in the urgent situation of COVID-19 as a policy implication for SMEs. Where EBPM could be applied to these grant policies, it would suggest implications for small and medium-sized businesses by dividing them into general situations (Ex Ante) and special situations (Ex post).