The World Links for Development (WorLD) program links students and teachers in secondary schools in developing countries with students and teachers in industrialized countries for collaborative research, teaching and learning programs via the Internet. Over a four-year period (1997-2001), the WorLD Program aims to link 1,200 secondary schools in 40 developing countries with partner schools in Australia, Canada, Europe, Japan and the United States. WorLD is sponsored by the World Bank Institute.