In 1983, Gap bought Banana Republic, and in the years that followed, it rebranded the company away from the safari theme. Its name was truncated to Banana Republic, and clothes evolved from safari ...

FAO report finds that weak market structures and poor price transmission in El Salvador's maize and the Dominican Republic's ...

Despite some viewing the Philippines as a banana republic due to the severe challenges of poverty, income inequality and corruption, there are positive features that argue against that.

Europe and the United States have established suppliers in Central and South America (Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and the Dominican Republic), and neither experience major supply shortages.

In the early days of banana growing in Central America, the grace of Nature likewise played a prominent part in the inception of what was to become a major industry.

'BANANA republics' refer to politically unstable countries that can change leadership at the drop of a hat. These countries are heavily dependent on one agricultural product, like pineapples or ...

America’s slide towards a Banana Republic is in full swing. I see it every day in the crumbling bridges, roads, water, education and health systems.