HOLISTIC MEASUREMENT OF QUALITY OF LIFE: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX

Abstract

The research results presented in this paper
demonstrate the accomplishment of the primary
mission of this research: to recognise the holistic
measurement of quality of life and human development.
The paper elaborates the most important
features of human development, Human Development
Index and the method of measuring human
development. Particular attention has been paid
to the structure and calculation of the Human Development
Index (HDI). Several thematic units on
the Human Development Index have been assessed/
addressed: definition, properties, structure, calculation
and interpretation of the HDI. A representative
example of calculating the Human Development Index
of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2012 has been
presented. The measures that will contribute to the
holistic measurement of quality of life via the Human
Development Index have been specified hereinafter.