The PDU is a unit within the Provincial Planning and Development Office ( PPDO) organized under the Program. The PDU is primarily put in place to operationalize the Program, to coordinate, to monitor and evaluate poverty reduction projects in the province. It is serving as the base for the Provincial Poverty Database Monitoring System (PDMS) that is established to consolidate local poverty data generated at barangay and municipal level and encouraged government and Non-Government planners the utilization of the PDMS data in development planning and project development. The PDU is also serving as the secretariat of the Provincial Poverty Reduction Action Team and the Provincial Convergence Team (PCT).