WBTi is a monitoring and evaluation tool initiated in Asia which uses the methodology and philosophy of Global Participatory Action Research (GLOPAR)1993 developed by the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) to track targets set by the Innocenti Declaration of 1990. WBTi has also adopted the WHO (2003) monitoring and evaluation tool on Infant and Young Child Feeding for assessing national practices, policies and programmes. WBTi encourages countries to document the status of implementation of the Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding which aims at reducing child malnutrition and mortality (MDG 4). WBTi aims to induce action and is expected to create a data bank.
